Digest: Review of Reviews Incorporating The Literary Digest, Volume 88Funk and Wagnalls, 1926 |
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... called , is purely one of inquiry to discover what armament questions can be taken up , with reasonable hope that limitation agreements can be negotiated . We read in a Washington dispatch to the New York Times that- " The Washington ...
... called , is purely one of inquiry to discover what armament questions can be taken up , with reasonable hope that limitation agreements can be negotiated . We read in a Washington dispatch to the New York Times that- " The Washington ...
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... called " mixed societies " for foreign trade , and in a very sarcastic tone it continues : " Attempts to organize such societies have been numerous . Some of them have failed quickly . Others have been more fortunate . Some of those now ...
... called " mixed societies " for foreign trade , and in a very sarcastic tone it continues : " Attempts to organize such societies have been numerous . Some of them have failed quickly . Others have been more fortunate . Some of those now ...
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... called for his pipe , and he called for his bowl , And he called for his fiddlers three . UT MR . FORD BEATS OLD KING COLE at his own game . Not only three , but as many as thirty - nine fiddlers , he tells the world , have been bidden ...
... called for his pipe , and he called for his bowl , And he called for his fiddlers three . UT MR . FORD BEATS OLD KING COLE at his own game . Not only three , but as many as thirty - nine fiddlers , he tells the world , have been bidden ...
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... called social group dances have come from England and Scotland . On the other hand , some of our country dances are a direct outgrowth of the American soil , having a quality all their own . And he remarks : They embody the very spirit ...
... called social group dances have come from England and Scotland . On the other hand , some of our country dances are a direct outgrowth of the American soil , having a quality all their own . And he remarks : They embody the very spirit ...
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... called . Smooth , luscious and wholesome . Sealed in sparkling glass jars . BEASTS , BIRDS AND TREES Continued pulled up . The finny denizens of the deep yielded to the rather urgent persuasion of the fishermen and came aboard , albeit ...
... called . Smooth , luscious and wholesome . Sealed in sparkling glass jars . BEASTS , BIRDS AND TREES Continued pulled up . The finny denizens of the deep yielded to the rather urgent persuasion of the fishermen and came aboard , albeit ...
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Page 26 - But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers.
Page 44 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
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Page 70 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Page 40 - ... the man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was free for him to administer during life, will pass away "unwept, unhonored, and unsung," no matter to what uses he leaves the dross which he cannot take with him. Of such as these the public verdict will then be: "The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.
Page 73 - It is no wonder," said the lords, " She is more beautiful than day." As shines the moon in clouded skies, She in her poor attire was seen : One praised her ankles, one her eyes, One her dark hair and lovesome mien.
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