"Yen" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... yen tsa lu says, "If the people are contented and happy, God is at peace in His mind. When God is at peace in His mind, the two great ...
— Religions of Ancient China • Herbert A. Giles
... same time slowly raising themselves upright, and elevating their arms and hats above their heads; the person with 'the neck' also raising it on high. This is done three times. They then change their cry to 'Wee yen!'—'Way yen!'—which they sound in the same prolonged and slow manner as before, with singular harmony and effect, three times. This last cry is accompanied by the same movements of the body and arms as in crying ...
— The Golden Bough - A study of magic and religion • Sir James George Frazer
... at first, but with gradually increasing speed, the Hat-yen's screws revolved, the decks quivered, and the ship began to slide through the water, her bows turning toward the entrance of the bay as she did so. The other cruiser fell into line astern of the flagship, and, with the gunboat bringing up the rear, the squadron headed for the open sea in ...
— A Chinese Command - A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas • Harry Collingwood
... The Tan yen tsa lu says, "If the people are contented and happy, God is at peace in His mind. When God is at peace in His mind, the two great motive ...
— Religions of Ancient China • Herbert A. Giles
... man. Ven dis har country first began, Yeorge ban a yen'ral, and yu bet Dese English fallers know it yet. Ven he ban small, his fader say, "Ef yu skol breng in vood to-day, And feeding cow and chickens, tu, Ay skol yust ...
— The Norsk Nightingale - Being the Lyrics of a "Lumberyack" • William F. Kirk
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