Word: fathers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...cannot change my father's wili," objected...
...door, saw Ching, the magnate of the village, coming directly towards her. She was naturally fluttered at the thought of receiving so distinguished a visitor, the more so because she was utterly ignorant of what ought to be done in the present case. To Ching's inquiries about her father, she hesitatingly answered that he had just gone out, but would probably be back in a short time. "Won't you come in and wait?" she added...
...father," the girl cried, "spare me! I will die for you; but to kill my hope, my will, my soul - I cannot do it! Give me time - let me have a year to get used to the thought. Let me know my master, at least, before I give myself...
...philosopher then explained his conviction that his daughter was destined to be the mother of a wonderful race; he told his weary wandering in search of a father worthy of such descendants, and his success in finding such a father in the person of his hearer; and he begged that Yung might not, by refusing to gratify his wishes, make his search vain...
...With the warmest welcome," answered the philosopher; "she would else have her father's curse...