 | 1871 - 324 sivua
...a thousand could ever find the beginning, and hardly one in ten thousand could discover the end. " For ways that are dark, And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar; Which the same I would rise to explain." The stranger must not conclude, however, that such as these... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 sivua
...— What is frequent in tapers — that 's wax. Which is why I remark, And my language is plain, That from that bliss — Which the same I am free to maintain. FRANCIS BRET ПАКТЕ. NONSENSE. GOOD reader, if you e'er... | |
 | 1871 - 630 sivua
...OR ODD-MAGNETIC FORCE. " And he went for that heathen Chinee." A recent popular poem says : " That for ways that are dark, And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar." We deny the assertion. We deprive the pig-tailed celestial of his proud prerogative, or, at least,... | |
 | Stephen Powers - 1871 - 372 sivua
...center." The South says, "In Dixie land I'll take my stand.'' On the Pacific slope the word is: " That for ways that are dark, And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar." GERMAN STUDENT FRATERNITIES. T)ERHAPS it would be impossible to give a clearer J- and yet more comprehensive... | |
 | California. Department of Public Health - 1871 - 240 sivua
...portion of the city. We visited the lowest dens of degraded bestiality, and eoon became convinced " That for ways that are dark, And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar.1o Most of us are familiar with the crowded, filthy, and abominable condition of Chinese life... | |
 | 1871 - 818 sivua
...the wandering humorist's eye. "THAT HEATHEN "Which I wish to remark. And my language is plain, That for ways that are dark. And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is pceuliar, Which the same I would rise to explain. It was August tho third, And quite soft was the skies,... | |
 | Paul Reeves - 1872 - 236 sivua
...taper, What is frequent in tapers — that's wax. Which is why I remark, And my language is plain, That for ways that are dark, And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar—- Which the same I am free to maintain. BRIAN O'LINN. (7) (10) (22) (31). — Anon. Bryanus O'Linn Cocragicnsis... | |
 | Francis Bret Harte - 1872 - 442 sivua
...HEATHEN CHINEE. TABLE MOUNTAIN, 1870. WHICH I wish to remark — And my language is plain — That for ways that are dark And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar. Which the same I would rise to explain. Ah -Sin was his name ; And I shall not deny] In regard to the... | |
 | Francis Bret Harte - 1880 - 288 sivua
...taper, What is frequent in tapers, — that's wax. Which is why I remark, And my language is plain, That for ways that are dark, And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar, — Which the same 1 am free to maintain. THE SOCIETY U'PON THE STANISLAUS. I RESIDE at Table Mountain,... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1872 - 410 sivua
...TRUTHFUL JAMES. TABLE MOUNTAIN, 1870. "TTTHICH I wish to remark,— And my language is plain, — That for ways that are dark, And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar, — Which the same I would rise to explain. Ah Sin was his name. And I shall not deny In regard to... | |
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That for ways that are dark, And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar — Which the same I am free to maintain. 
