Ghetto Comedies, Volumen2Macmillan, 1907 - 487 páginas |
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Aaronsberg anti-Semite artist asked Barstein Beckenstein Becky began Bloomah Bundist Christian Cohn Cohn's congregation Conn cried Daisy daughter David door Elias Elkan eyes face Fanny father felt Gabbai Ghetto girl Gittel Goldwater grandmother Hamlet hand head heard heart heathen Heaven Hebrew holy inquired Israel Jewish Jews Kazelia Kloot landlord laughed letter live London looked marry Mendel Milovka minister mother murmured Natalya Nehemiah never night Ophelia Palestine Parnass Party Passover Peleg Pinchas pious play poet pogrom poor Quarriar Rabbi red mark replied retorted roubles round Rozenoffski Russia Sabbath Samooborona Schneemann Schnorrer seemed Shabbos Shamash shrieked Simeon Samuels Sir Asher smile Solomon Barzinsky stood strange suddenly Sudminster Sugarman synagogue talk Talmud tears Territorialist thing thought tion told turned wife woman Yiddish Yossel young Yvonne Rupert Zion Zionist
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Página 77 - The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up the light of His countenance upon you and give you peace, both now and forever more.
Página 182 - And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
Página 383 - This is the bread of affliction which our fathers ate in the land of Egypt. Let all who are hungry come and eat. Let all who are in need come and celebrate Pesah with us. Now we are here. Next year may we be in the land of Israel.
Página 157 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Página 111 - We thank thee, O Lord our God, because thou didst give as an heritage unto our fathers a desirable, good and ample land, and because thou didst bring us forth, O Lord our God...
Página 387 - God in heaven!' She released her husband, and ran towards the children with a gesture as of seeking to gather them all in her arms. Then, hearing the bolts shot back, she turned with a scream. 'Are you mad, Aaron?' But he, holding her back with his gaze, threw wide the door with his left hand, while his right upheld Elijah's goblet, and over the ululation of the unseen mob and the shrill spasms of music rose his Hebrew welcome to the visitor :
Página 285 - She says I gave it to her.' Sugarman clucked his tongue. ' Tututu ! Better if we had followed our old custom, and the man had worn the engagement-ring, not the woman!' 'In the workshop,' Elias went on miserably, 'she flashes it in my eyes. Everybody makes mock. Oh, the Jezebel!' ' I should summons her ! ' 'It would only cost me more. Is it not true I gave her the ring ? ' Sugarman mopped his brow. His vast experience was at fault. No maiden had ever refused to return his client's ring ; rather had...
Página 16 - You must reconcile yourself to the loss.' I went back to my family at Kazelia's house, and he cautioned me against going into the street. On my way I had met a man who said he would charge twentyeight roubles each for our journey to London. So Kazelia was evidently afraid I might yet fall into honester hands. Then we began to talk with him of London, for it is better to deal with the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
Página 284 - I thought thou wast on the other side,' she breathed. Elias snorted incredulously. As soon as Sugarman heard of the breaking of the engagement he flew to Elias, his blue bandanna streaming from his coat-tail. 'If you had come to me,' he crowed, 'I should have found you a more reliable article. However, Heaven has given you a second helping. A well-built wageearner like you can look as high as a greengrocer's daughter even.
Página 286 - This comes of your love matches !' he cried sternly. 'Next time there must be a proper contract.' 'Next time!' repeated Elias. 'Why, how am I to afford a new ring? Fanny was ruinous in cups of chocolate and the pit of the Pavilion Theatre !