 | John Russell Bartlett - 1877 - 998 páginas
...Chinaman Ah Sing, when playing euchre, Bret Harte says : — In his sleeves which were long He tiad twenty-four packs, Which was coming it strong, Yet I state but the facts. — The Heathen Chinee. To come out. 1. An expression used among certain religious enthusiasts, meaning... | |
 | 1879 - 322 páginas
...leaves on the strand With the cards that Ah Sin had been hiding, In the game "he did not understand." In his sleeves, which were long, He had twenty-four...nails, which were 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1879 - 276 páginas
...leaves on the strand With the cards that Ah Sin had been hiding, In the game "he did not understand." Which was coming it strong, Yet I state but the facts;...on his nails, which were 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,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 584 páginas
...Like the leaves on the strand With the cards that Ah Sin had been In the game "he did not understand." In his sleeves, which were long, He had twenty-four...packs — Which was coming it strong, Yet I state hut the facts ; Vnd we found on his nails, which were taper, What is frequent in tapers — that's... | |
 | 1881 - 520 páginas
...leaves on the strand With the cards that Ah Sin had been hiding, In the game " he did not understand." In his sleeves, which were long, He had twenty-four...nails, which were 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... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1882 - 370 páginas
...the strand With the cards that Ah sin had been hiding • He went for that Heathen Chtnee." Page i32. In his sleeves, which were long* He had twenty-four...were taper, What is frequent in tapers, — that's wajt Which is why I remark, And my language is plain, That for ways that are dark And for tricks that... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1882 - 584 páginas
...the floor it was strewed Like the leaves on the strand With the cards that Ah sin had been hiding, In his sleeves, which were long, He had twenty-four...on his nails, which were 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... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 páginas
...leaves on the strand With the cards that Ah Sin had been hiding In the game he did not understand. In his sleeves, which were long, He had twenty-four...facts; And we found on his nails, which were taper, 482 Which is why I remark — And my language is plain — That for ways that are dark, And for tricks... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1882 - 984 páginas
...his sleeves, which wore long, He had twenty-four jacks, — Which was comim; it. strong, Yet i stale but the facts. And we found on his nails which were taper, — [wax. What is frequent in tapers, — that's Which is why I remark, And my language is plain, That... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1883 - 816 páginas
...leaves on the strand With the cards that All Sin had been hiding, In the game " he did not understand." In his sleeves, which were long, He had twenty-four packs — Which was coniing it strong, Yet I state but the facts ; And we found on his nails, which were taper, What is... | |
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In the scene that ensued I did not take a hand ; But the floor it was strewed Like the leaves on the strand With the cards that Ah Sin had been hiding, In the game "he did not understand. 
