Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 97Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells Harper's Magazine Company, 1898 Important American periodical dating back to 1850. |
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Page 72
... answered Roden , brightening . He was so absorbed in the most absorb- ing and lasting employment of which the human understanding is capable that he could talk of little else , even to Mrs. Van- sittart . " Yes , we have been very busy ...
... answered Roden , brightening . He was so absorbed in the most absorb- ing and lasting employment of which the human understanding is capable that he could talk of little else , even to Mrs. Van- sittart . " Yes , we have been very busy ...
Page 74
... answer . You understand ? " " Yes , " answered Dorothy , with a sud- den light in her eyes , " I understand . " " Your brother must take care of him- self . I care nothing for Lord Ferriby or any others concerned in this , but only for ...
... answer . You understand ? " " Yes , " answered Dorothy , with a sud- den light in her eyes , " I understand . " " Your brother must take care of him- self . I care nothing for Lord Ferriby or any others concerned in this , but only for ...
Page 76
... answered White , looking at the station clock . " Twenty minutes time . " " We have the information from one of the Malgamiters themselves , who knows the time and the place , but he is tipsy . He is in a carriage outside the station ...
... answered White , looking at the station clock . " Twenty minutes time . " " We have the information from one of the Malgamiters themselves , who knows the time and the place , but he is tipsy . He is in a carriage outside the station ...
Page 77
... answered White , soothingly , as he moved away towards Uncle Ben . " But I think I know how this business ought to be managed . Come along - hide ourselves . " He led the way across the dunes , drag- ging Uncle Ben by one arm , and ...
... answered White , soothingly , as he moved away towards Uncle Ben . " But I think I know how this business ought to be managed . Come along - hide ourselves . " He led the way across the dunes , drag- ging Uncle Ben by one arm , and ...
Page 79
... answered , and presently went back to his post of obser- vation . Uncle Ben had fallen asleep , and the two women stood side by side waiting in the moonlight . It was chilly , and a keen wind swept in from the sea . Dorothy shivered ...
... answered , and presently went back to his post of obser- vation . Uncle Ben had fallen asleep , and the two women stood side by side waiting in the moonlight . It was chilly , and a keen wind swept in from the sea . Dorothy shivered ...
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Page 416 - Who gave you this Name ? Answer. My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptism ; wherein I was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Page 134 - ... 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 310 - When an ancient word for its sound and significancy deserves to be revived, I have that reasonable veneration for antiquity, to restore it. All beyond this is superstition. Words are not like landmarks, so sacred as never to be removed ; customs are changed, and even statutes are silently repealed, when the reason ceases for which they were enacted.
Page 601 - The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory, Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Page 619 - ... ridiculing any of its ceremonies, or affronting its ministers or votaries, has ever been deeply resented, you are to be particularly careful to restrain every officer and soldier from such imprudence and folly, and to punish every instance of it. On the other hand, as far as...
Page 480 - ... approximation. The connecting link is the cabinet. By that new word we mean a committee of the legislative body selected to be the executive body. The legislature has many committees, but this is its greatest. It chooses for this, its main committee, the men in whom it has most confidence. It does not, it is true, choose them directly; but it is nearly omnipotent in choosing them indirectly.
Page 629 - Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression,'' with reference to his discourse for the Sabbath, when the door burst open and his sister-in-law entered.
Page 625 - the executive government of this country, in its intercourse with foreign nations, is limited to the employment of diplomacy alone. When this fails it can proceed no further. It cannot legitimately resort to force without the direct authority of Congress, except in resisting and repelling hostile attacks.
Page 261 - Annie had a different theory — at least in regard to the man's family. Indeed, it must be admitted that this warm-hearted, energetic woman had a good many theories, and she talked about them until all Old Chester found her just a little fatiguing. As for the twins, at first the presence of their strong, happy, vital niece...
Page 308 - ... some of which are now struggling for the vogue, and others are in possession of it. I have done my utmost for some years past to stop the progress of mob and banter, but have been plainly borne down by numbers, and betrayed by those who promised to assist me.