 It paid beyond belief, and was a queer sight when they were at it; and these marine monsters" — tapping the nearest of the helmets — "kept appearing and reappearing in the midst of the lagoon. Fond of parables ? " he asked abruptly. "Oh, yes!" said...  The Ebb-tide: A Trio and Quartette - Pagina 148door Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne - 1894 - 237 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1894 - 608 pagina’s
...Fond of parables?" he asked abruptly. " Oh, yes ! " said Herrick. "Well, I saw these machines come up dripping and go down again, and come up dripping and...a dress to go down into the world in, and come up scathless. What do you think the name was?" he inquired.' "Self-conceit," said Herrick. "Ah, but I... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 460 pagina’s
...Fond of parables ? " he asked abruptly. "Oh, yes!" said Herrick. "Well, I saw these machines come up dripping and go down again, and come up dripping and...a dress to go down into the world in, and come up scathless. What do you think the name was ? " he inquired. "Self-conceit," said Herrick. "Ah, but I... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 428 pagina’s
...Fond of parables ? " he asked abruptly. "Oh, yes!" said Herrick. "Well, I saw these machines come up dripping and go down again, and come up dripping and...a dress to go down into the world in, and come up scathless. What do you think the name was ? " he inquired. "Self-conceit," said Herrick. "Ah, but I... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 428 pagina’s
...Fond of parables ? " he asked abruptly. "Oh, yes!" said Herrick. "Well, I saw these machines come up dripping and go down again, and come up dripping and...a dress to go down into the world in, and come up scathless. What do you think the name was ? " he inquired. "Self-conceit," said Herrick. "Ah, but I... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1910 - 660 pagina’s
...Fond of parables?" he asked abruptly. "Oh, yes!" said Herrick. "Well, I saw these machines come up dripping and go down again, and come up dripping and...a dress to go down into the world in, and come up scathless. What do you think the name was?" he inquired. "Self-conceit," said Herrick. "Ah, but I mean... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1911 - 294 pagina’s
...of parables ? " he asked abruptly. " Oh, yes ! " said Herrick. " Well, I saw these machines come up dripping and go down again, and come up dripping and...a dress to go down into the world in, and come up scathless. What do you think the name was ? " he inquired. " Self-conceit," said Herrick. " Ah, but... | |
 | John Kucich - 2009 - 272 pagina’s
...never misses, Attwater compares divine grace to the insulating suit his pearl divers wear, calling it "a dress to go down into the world in, and come up scatheless" (202). Far from being simply a symbol of religious salvation, the diver's suit also functions as a... | |
 | Oliver S. Buckton - 2007 - 361 pagina’s
...afresh" (203). Offering Herrick a parable for the suits, Attwater says, "I saw these machines come up dripping and go down again, and come up dripping and go down again . . . and I thought we all wanted a dress to go down into the world in, and come up scatheless" (202). The body... | |
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