Books with author Thomas Perkins

Excerpt from Hau Kiou Choaan, or the Pleasing History, Vol. 3: A Translation From the Chinese Language; To Which Are Added, I. The Argument or Story of a Chinese Play, II. A Collection of Chinese Provebs, and III. Fragments of Chinese PoetryAs a girl of no confequence: and when I fent my order requiring her to com pleat the marriage, I never imagined that (he would be. Able to fet it afide, much lefs that {he was of (0 diftin guilhed a capacity as {he appears to be poffefi'ed of. She made no objec tions to the order, but feemed difpo fed to. Obey it; yet afterwards drew up a petition to the Emperor, and (em it to court by a trulty fervant. Judge from hence of the acutenels of her wit. The furprize of Kwa kbé-tzu was increafed, How, faid he, could {he dare to fend a peti 'tion to the Emperor? Perhaps this is only reported to {trike you with fear. She not only fent it, pur.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Hau Kiou Choaan, or the Pleasing History, Vol. 3: A Translation From the Chinese Language; To Which Are Added, I. The Argument or Story of a Chinese Play, II. A Collection of Chinese Provebs, and III. Fragments of Chinese PoetryAs a girl of no confequence: and when I fent my order requiring her to com pleat the marriage, I never imagined that (he would be. Able to fet it afide, much lefs that {he was of (0 diftin guilhed a capacity as {he appears to be poffefi'ed of. She made no objec tions to the order, but feemed difpo fed to. Obey it; yet afterwards drew up a petition to the Emperor, and (em it to court by a trulty fervant. Judge from hence of the acutenels of her wit. The furprize of Kwa kbé-tzu was increafed, How, faid he, could {he dare to fend a peti 'tion to the Emperor? Perhaps this is only reported to {trike you with fear. She not only fent it, pur.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Hardy Miller is off to camp! But it's not the kind of camp he or most other eleven-year-olds ever experience. The camp is in a remote mountainous area of Java during the stormy 1960s. The campers are third-culture kids growing up in troubled Indonesia. Hardy faces adjustments to a strange new setting, while finding his place among boys and girls who have known each other for years. Hardy and the four other boys in his group are quickly nicknamed "The Crazy Cheetahs" because of the mischief they cause. The camp director even threatens to send them all home n disgrace. Finally they straighten up enough to work together in helping to rescue two grownups who are in serious trouble. Hilarious misadventures, a traveling circus, a Mystery Man, and a Mystery Monster all combine to make a good read. Hardy and his friends learn a lot -- about the world, about another culture, about themselves, and about God.