A Gentleman in Prison: With the Confessions of Tokichi Ishii, Written in Tokyo Prison |
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Page 48
... turned on me . " I may be a wicked man myself , but I want my boy to be good . " His tale did not touch me then , for I had no child of my own and my heart was still bad ; but as I think about it today , I am overcome with emotion ...
... turned on me . " I may be a wicked man myself , but I want my boy to be good . " His tale did not touch me then , for I had no child of my own and my heart was still bad ; but as I think about it today , I am overcome with emotion ...
Page 51
... turned to me and said , " Ishii San * , where are you thinking of going now ? " I told him I had made up my mind to behave myself and go back to my own home at once . " I am glad to hear that you have reformed and that you are going ...
... turned to me and said , " Ishii San * , where are you thinking of going now ? " I told him I had made up my mind to behave myself and go back to my own home at once . " I am glad to hear that you have reformed and that you are going ...
Page 53
... turned up . She was very much astonished to see me , and she told me some of the things that had happened during my absence , and especially about my mother's death . Her husband was not at home that day , and as she did not expect him ...
... turned up . She was very much astonished to see me , and she told me some of the things that had happened during my absence , and especially about my mother's death . Her husband was not at home that day , and as she did not expect him ...
Page 77
... turning over the leaves when I came across a place that looked rather interesting and I began to read : - And it ... turned and rebuked them , and said , Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of . For the son of man is not come to ...
... turning over the leaves when I came across a place that looked rather interesting and I began to read : - And it ... turned and rebuked them , and said , Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of . For the son of man is not come to ...
Page 83
... turned and faced the castle , and afterwards his ghost and that of his wife haunted the feudal house , and wrought terrible havoc . The lord's wife died of horror at the awful sights she saw in the night , and the lord himself was well ...
... turned and faced the castle , and afterwards his ghost and that of his wife haunted the feudal house , and wrought terrible havoc . The lord's wife died of horror at the awful sights she saw in the night , and the lord himself was well ...
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Popular passages
Page 78 - Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
Page 94 - Just as I am, without one plea But that thy blood was shed for me, And that Thou bidd'st me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come.
Page 95 - Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind ; Sight, riches, healing of the mind, Yea, all I need, in Thee to find, O Lamb of God, I come...
Page 152 - For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.
Page 116 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 77 - And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem...
Page 78 - I say unto you that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance.
Page 77 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 78 - What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
Page 160 - The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech Thee, deliver my soul.