Munsey's Magazine for ..., Volume 20Frank A. Munsey & Company, 1899 |
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... seemed years ago , and bathed her- self with water . Then Sihamba having given the garments to a waiting woman to wash , wrapped her in a soft kaross of fur , and after drinking some milk and eating a little , she laid her- self down ...
... seemed years ago , and bathed her- self with water . Then Sihamba having given the garments to a waiting woman to wash , wrapped her in a soft kaross of fur , and after drinking some milk and eating a little , she laid her- self down ...
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... seemed more dead than alive . Swart Piet rode last of all , and just then he turned and , looking towards the peak , shook his fist as though threatening it , and cursed aloud in Dutch and Kaffir . Indeed , Zinti said that his head and ...
... seemed more dead than alive . Swart Piet rode last of all , and just then he turned and , looking towards the peak , shook his fist as though threatening it , and cursed aloud in Dutch and Kaffir . Indeed , Zinti said that his head and ...
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... seemed to be impossi- ble was done , for in the watches of the night these two who lay a hundred miles apart , one of them a prisoner in the town of a savage , and the other helpless upon a bed of pain , had sight and speech of each ...
... seemed to be impossi- ble was done , for in the watches of the night these two who lay a hundred miles apart , one of them a prisoner in the town of a savage , and the other helpless upon a bed of pain , had sight and speech of each ...
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... seemed to me , sir , a prudent arrange- ment . " .. tor answered in a subdued tone . " Sir George Soane is there ? " " Yes . " " Sir George , " the earl said , with an evident effort , " I am very sorry I can- not receive you better ...
... seemed to me , sir , a prudent arrange- ment . " .. tor answered in a subdued tone . " Sir George Soane is there ? " " Yes . " " Sir George , " the earl said , with an evident effort , " I am very sorry I can- not receive you better ...
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... seemed to be complete , is not the per- son indicated in them . " And succinct- ly , but with sufficient clearness , the at- torney narrated his chance visit to the church , the discovery of the entry in the register , and the story ...
... seemed to be complete , is not the per- son indicated in them . " And succinct- ly , but with sufficient clearness , the at- torney narrated his chance visit to the church , the discovery of the entry in the register , and the story ...
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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.