| 1902 - 874 страница
...his mind as it works crookedly, but as he deems logically, through obscure byways from right to left. The toad beneath the harrow knows Exactly where each...The butterfly upon the road Preaches contentment to the toad. That typifies the usual relations of the white man and the brown; but when onoe the butterfly... | |
| 1907 - 848 страница
...color is, and has always been, to 11 great extent local. The toad beneath the harrow knows Precisely where each tooth-point goes; The butterfly upon the road, Preaches contentment to the toad. Both the butterfly and the toad, thegentleman of England who lives at home at ease, and the... | |
| 1907 - 708 страница
...occurs the following quatrain. Whence does it come ? — The toad beneath the harrow knows Precisely where each tooth-point goes ; The butterfly upon the road Preaches contentment to the toad. A somewhat similar idea may be found in ' Bob Boy,' chap, xxvii., where Andrew Fairservice... | |
| 1895 - 980 страница
...shelved and ignored. Clerks With Empty Pockets on Bank Holidays. By a Goods Clerk, Midland Railway. "The toad beneath the harrow knows Exactly where each...upon the road Preaches contentment to that toad." — Rudyard Kipling. Pretty early in the morning on Whit-Monday last there was a large exodus of the... | |
| 1925 - 914 страница
...And when "The Londoner" advises me to possess my soul in patience, I can only quote Kipling to him: The toad beneath the harrow knows Exactly where each tooth-point goes; The butterBy upon the road Preaches contentment to that toad. Faithfully yours, GILBERT COLLINS. DEAR SIR:... | |
| Charles Richmond Henderson - 1898 - 442 страница
...disquieted; If thoughts, not idle, while before me flow " The toad beneath the harrow knows Kxactly where each tooth-point goes; The butterfly upon the road Preaches contentment to that toad." — RUDYARD KIPLING. THE aim of this chapter will be to show the outline of the social system of relief... | |
| Rudyard Kipling - 1899 - 326 страница
...older than their mothers, but They grovel at Her feet ; They walk beside Her 'rickshaw- wheels — They never walk by mine ; And that's because I'm seventeen...Exactly where each tooth-point goes ; The butterfly upon tfie road Preaches contentment to that toad. Pagett, MP, was a liar, and a fluent liar therewith —... | |
| Rudyard Kipling - 1899 - 344 страница
...and forced the laughter," and if sadness follow after, We are richer by one mocking Christmas past. PAGETT, MP The toad beneath the harrow knows Exactly where each tooth-point goes. The butterBy upon the road Preaches contentment to that toad. PAGETT, MP, was a liar, and a fluent liar... | |
| Richard Le Gallienne - 1900 - 304 страница
...Bolivar.' " There were also early spring shoots of Mr. Kipling's aphoristic gift : for example — " The toad beneath the harrow knows Exactly where each...upon the road Preaches contentment to that toad." And— " If She have spoken a word, remember thy lips are sealed, And the Brand of the Dog is upon... | |
| Beatrice Whitby - 1900 - 354 страница
...Wilmot." " No, not very. But it isn't nice to have eaten your cake, and not to have it." CHAPTER XVIII The toad beneath the harrow knows Exactly where each...butterfly upon the road Preaches contentment to that toad. I DO not think there is any sight in the world that annoys a woman more than the sight of a man who... | |
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