Munsey's Magazine for ..., Volume 20Frank A. Munsey & Company, 1899 |
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... hour after hour heads , Swart Piet and his men were not much more than a hundred paces from them , but in the wood they gained much ground , for he did not think that they would dare to leave it , and hunted for them while they were ...
... hour after hour heads , Swart Piet and his men were not much more than a hundred paces from them , but in the wood they gained much ground , for he did not think that they would dare to leave it , and hunted for them while they were ...
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... hour . Soon they had left the river aud at a rate of perhaps eight miles the until presently they struck a well worn were toiling up the slopes of the peak , footpath . " I think that this must lead to the town of Sigwe , " said Sihamba ...
... hour . Soon they had left the river aud at a rate of perhaps eight miles the until presently they struck a well worn were toiling up the slopes of the peak , footpath . " I think that this must lead to the town of Sigwe , " said Sihamba ...
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... hour we are enemies . Ho , men ! " he cried to his guard , " I Head's life because once spare Bull we were friends , therefore do not take his life , but beat him and those with him out of my town with the shafts of your as- sagais ...
... hour we are enemies . Ho , men ! " he cried to his guard , " I Head's life because once spare Bull we were friends , therefore do not take his life , but beat him and those with him out of my town with the shafts of your as- sagais ...
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... hour a score had private in- formation . Sir George had brought her back , after marrying her at Salis- bury . The attorney had brought her back , and both were in custody , charged with stealing Sir George's title deeds . Mr. Thomasson ...
... hour a score had private in- formation . Sir George had brought her back , after marrying her at Salis- bury . The attorney had brought her back , and both were in custody , charged with stealing Sir George's title deeds . Mr. Thomasson ...
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... hour later , it happened that the first person he met in the street was Mr. Fishwick . For a day or two after the conference at the Castle Inn the at- torney had gone about , his ears on the stretch to catch the coming footstep . The ...
... hour later , it happened that the first person he met in the street was Mr. Fishwick . For a day or two after the conference at the Castle Inn the at- torney had gone about , his ears on the stretch to catch the coming footstep . The ...
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Page 445 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 443 - Cuba. In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop.
Page 444 - Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 60 - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Page 443 - Congress. It is a solemn responsibility. I have exhausted every effort to relieve the intolerable condition of affairs which is at our doors. Prepared to execute every obligation imposed upon me by the Constitution and the law, I await your action.
Page 125 - ... we could not view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing them, or controlling in any other manner their destiny, by any European power in any other light than as a manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States.
Page 443 - Maine, by whatever exterior cause, is a patent and impressive proof of a state of things in Cuba that is intolerable.
Page 442 - The present condition of affairs in Cuba is a constant menace to our peace and entails upon this government an enormous expense. With such a conflict waged for years in an island so near us and with which our people have such trade and business relations...
Page 126 - ... it is scarcely possible to resist the conviction that the annexation of Cuba to our federal republic will be indispensable to the continuance and integrity of the Union itself.
Page 442 - The prospect of such a protraction and conclusion of the present strife is a contingency hardly to be contemplated with equanimity by the civilized world, and least of all by the United States, affected and injured as we are, deeply and intimately by its very existence.