Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 97Harper's Magazine Company, 1898 |
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... better . The first railway in Russia was built by an American , and the influence of American railway methods is still apparent on all the roads . The pas- senger - cars are modified to meet the exi- gencies of caste , but the better ...
... better . The first railway in Russia was built by an American , and the influence of American railway methods is still apparent on all the roads . The pas- senger - cars are modified to meet the exi- gencies of caste , but the better ...
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... better even showy design , but while stopping there four days on my first visit I saw four women servants drunk , the hall porters were often smoking or asleep on duty , and the halls and stairs were very dirty . An excellent thing ...
... better even showy design , but while stopping there four days on my first visit I saw four women servants drunk , the hall porters were often smoking or asleep on duty , and the halls and stairs were very dirty . An excellent thing ...
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... better word for this sparkle , because vodka is a liquid which starts a train of fire at the palate and blazes its way through one's body to one's boots . den drunkenness is what I saw most of . The peculiar , hilarious , noisy ...
... better word for this sparkle , because vodka is a liquid which starts a train of fire at the palate and blazes its way through one's body to one's boots . den drunkenness is what I saw most of . The peculiar , hilarious , noisy ...
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... better term . If he had died young ( as Miss Maria always feared he would ) he might have had a memoir written about him , which would have been put in all the Sunday - school libraries ; for in those days the anæmic child was a great ...
... better term . If he had died young ( as Miss Maria always feared he would ) he might have had a memoir written about him , which would have been put in all the Sunday - school libraries ; for in those days the anæmic child was a great ...
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... better by forts than by ships ; but if , instead of a navy " for defence only , " there be one so large that the enemy must send a great many ships across the Atlantic , if he sends any , then the question whether he can spare so great ...
... better by forts than by ships ; but if , instead of a navy " for defence only , " there be one so large that the enemy must send a great many ships across the Atlantic , if he sends any , then the question whether he can spare so great ...
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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.