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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... perhaps . I was so fortunate as to see them in both their summer and winter costumes - that is , before and af- Among the many important activities of M. Witte , the Finance Minister , none is more extraordinary than his effort to make ...
... perhaps . I was so fortunate as to see them in both their summer and winter costumes - that is , before and af- Among the many important activities of M. Witte , the Finance Minister , none is more extraordinary than his effort to make ...
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... perhaps . Nursing ; yes , in the tender , ignorant , old - fash ioned way . But see the crowd of women educated in the science and business of caring for the sick : who will take her , when a dozen trained nurses are ready at every ...
... perhaps . Nursing ; yes , in the tender , ignorant , old - fash ioned way . But see the crowd of women educated in the science and business of caring for the sick : who will take her , when a dozen trained nurses are ready at every ...
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... perhaps there never had been such. Mrs. Barkley took off her spectacles , and looked at Miss Maria sidewise . " Suppose Ezra took a fancy to Rose ? " " To - Rose ? " Miss Welwood looked at her open - mouthed . " Yes , Rose , " Miss ...
... perhaps there never had been such. Mrs. Barkley took off her spectacles , and looked at Miss Maria sidewise . " Suppose Ezra took a fancy to Rose ? " " To - Rose ? " Miss Welwood looked at her open - mouthed . " Yes , Rose , " Miss ...
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... perhaps there never had been such days. Matty , " she said , touched and smiling , " it's just the kindest thing in the world for you both to think of it ; but indeed I couldn't do it . Why , what would be- come of Rose ? " 66 19 " Oh ...
... perhaps there never had been such days. Matty , " she said , touched and smiling , " it's just the kindest thing in the world for you both to think of it ; but indeed I couldn't do it . Why , what would be- come of Rose ? " 66 19 " Oh ...
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... perhaps there never had been such days ; -kindly , silent , dull , with few thoughts and many facts , perhaps he never knew the answer a man might make to such a question . All he knew now was that here was a fact : a lady for whom he ...
... perhaps there never had been such days ; -kindly , silent , dull , with few thoughts and many facts , perhaps he never knew the answer a man might make to such a question . All he knew now was that here was a fact : a lady for whom he ...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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