Digest: Review of Reviews Incorporating The Literary Digest, Volume 88Funk and Wagnalls, 1926 |
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... Living costs and wages . Feb. 20 76 Measles death - rate . .Mar . 13 20 Benjamin Franklin ( Mar- tin ) . Calmady Children , The ( Lawrence ) Central Park - Winter ( Glackens ) Mar. 20 Feb. 13 12 Editor's woes , Woman . Feb. 6 34 88 68 ...
... Living costs and wages . Feb. 20 76 Measles death - rate . .Mar . 13 20 Benjamin Franklin ( Mar- tin ) . Calmady Children , The ( Lawrence ) Central Park - Winter ( Glackens ) Mar. 20 Feb. 13 12 Editor's woes , Woman . Feb. 6 34 88 68 ...
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... living . Thus the conquest of foreign T AN EDINBURGH SPANKING FOR AMERICANS HE CORRUPT ATMOSPHERE of war - time " propa- ganda " seems to have returned , it is said by some English writers , who deplore the rumors and hints spread all ...
... living . Thus the conquest of foreign T AN EDINBURGH SPANKING FOR AMERICANS HE CORRUPT ATMOSPHERE of war - time " propa- ganda " seems to have returned , it is said by some English writers , who deplore the rumors and hints spread all ...
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... living ever seen , he declares , they have guided their lives by other standards equally dangerous , and he goes on to say : " Their vanity persuades them to believe that , if they be present when any deed is done , they did it . It is ...
... living ever seen , he declares , they have guided their lives by other standards equally dangerous , and he goes on to say : " Their vanity persuades them to believe that , if they be present when any deed is done , they did it . It is ...
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... living thought I stand Where death and daybreak divide the land , Death and daybreak on either hand For exit and for entry ; While shapes like wind - blown shadows pass , Lost and lamenting , " Alas , alas , This body is only ...
... living thought I stand Where death and daybreak divide the land , Death and daybreak on either hand For exit and for entry ; While shapes like wind - blown shadows pass , Lost and lamenting , " Alas , alas , This body is only ...
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... living sponges , crabs , bright red shrimps and two or three very queer - looking fish with faces like demons or bogeys with funny little electric light things sticking out in front of them on long barbels , which is what they call the ...
... living sponges , crabs , bright red shrimps and two or three very queer - looking fish with faces like demons or bogeys with funny little electric light things sticking out in front of them on long barbels , which is what they call the ...
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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.
Page 4 - That the Court shall not render any advisory opinion except publicly after due notice to all States adhering to the Court and to all interested States and after public hearing or opportunity for hearing given to any State concerned; nor shall 59.
Page 4 - The signature of the United States to the said protocol shall not be affixed until the powers signatory to such protocol shall have indicated, through an exchange of notes, their acceptance of the foregoing reservations and understandings as a part and a condition of adherence by the United States to the said protocol.
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Page 71 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.
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.
Page 3 - That such adherence shall not be taken to involve any legal relation on the part of the United States to the League of Nations or the assumption of any obligations by the United States under the Treaty of Versailles.