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Page 40
... close to the window , struggling , it appeared , to make wax flow- ers . She was deeply depressed . Her adver- tisement was to come out in two days , and the academy was to open in less than a month , and here she was brushing up " her ...
... close to the window , struggling , it appeared , to make wax flow- ers . She was deeply depressed . Her adver- tisement was to come out in two days , and the academy was to open in less than a month , and here she was brushing up " her ...
Page 48
... close beside the routes to the Central American Isthmus , which is to us what Egypt and Suez are to England . But what objection can we urge , or what can we do , with a navy " for defence only , " in the military sense of the word de ...
... close beside the routes to the Central American Isthmus , which is to us what Egypt and Suez are to England . But what objection can we urge , or what can we do , with a navy " for defence only , " in the military sense of the word de ...
Page 62
... close connec- tion with other lines . The mileage of some of these electric- railway systems sometimes approaches that of important systems of steam rail- way . In the densely populated districts of eastern Massachusetts through cars ...
... close connec- tion with other lines . The mileage of some of these electric- railway systems sometimes approaches that of important systems of steam rail- way . In the densely populated districts of eastern Massachusetts through cars ...
Page 87
... close of all friendly relations between us . It happened that at my suggestion William appeared in New York once on a time , and before I had succeeded in transport- ing him from the railway to the seclu- sion of my four walls he had ...
... close of all friendly relations between us . It happened that at my suggestion William appeared in New York once on a time , and before I had succeeded in transport- ing him from the railway to the seclu- sion of my four walls he had ...
Page 88
... close to the border - line between our friend the sport and our necessary ani- mal the butcher . Running a beast down on snow - shoes , on the other hand , is sole- ly the property of the latter ; and as the moose is not , like the ...
... close to the border - line between our friend the sport and our necessary ani- mal the butcher . Running a beast down on snow - shoes , on the other hand , is sole- ly the property of the latter ; and as the moose is not , like the ...
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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.