The North American Review, Volume 218University of Northern Iowa, 1923 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... living on the premises . He represented the proletariat power in the house , turning out or installing people as best he saw fit , deciding differences arising be- tween the owner and his constituents , the new squatters , -col- lecting ...
... living on the premises . He represented the proletariat power in the house , turning out or installing people as best he saw fit , deciding differences arising be- tween the owner and his constituents , the new squatters , -col- lecting ...
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... living and the greater scarcity of labour . It will take a long time , if it ever happens at all , to bring back the rate of population gain of about fourteen per cent in the decade 1910- 20 to the thirty per cent rate of 1870-80 . THE ...
... living and the greater scarcity of labour . It will take a long time , if it ever happens at all , to bring back the rate of population gain of about fourteen per cent in the decade 1910- 20 to the thirty per cent rate of 1870-80 . THE ...
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... living things that we can still see are small enough to live permanently in such agitation ; the longest diameter of many bacteria is but half a micron ( a two- thousandth of a millimetre ) , and there are many ultra - micro- scopic ...
... living things that we can still see are small enough to live permanently in such agitation ; the longest diameter of many bacteria is but half a micron ( a two- thousandth of a millimetre ) , and there are many ultra - micro- scopic ...
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... living . Let us see . First there would be Mercaptan , the distinguished in- ventor , who would lead me ( lay , uninstructed , Watsonish me , after the fashion of narrators ) into his laboratory . There on the table would be the machine ...
... living . Let us see . First there would be Mercaptan , the distinguished in- ventor , who would lead me ( lay , uninstructed , Watsonish me , after the fashion of narrators ) into his laboratory . There on the table would be the machine ...
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evening - an instant later ; the spring was an alarming burst of living energy , the trees ' budding and growth of leaves became a portent , like the bristling of hairs on the backs of vegetable cats . As his rate changed and he ...
evening - an instant later ; the spring was an alarming burst of living energy , the trees ' budding and growth of leaves became a portent , like the bristling of hairs on the backs of vegetable cats . As his rate changed and he ...
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Page 456 - He was a lovely youth ! I guess The panther in the wilderness Was not so fair as he ; And, when he chose to sport and play, No dolphin ever was so gay Upon the tropic sea.
Page 135 - The powers delegated by the proposed constitution to the federal government, are few and defined ; those which are to remain in the state governments, are numerous and indefinite...
Page 202 - An idle poet, here and there, Looks round him; but, for all the rest, The world, unfathomably fair, Is duller than a witling's jest. Love wakes men, once a lifetime each; They lift their heavy lids, and look; And, lo, what one sweet page can teach, They read with joy, then shut the book. And some give thanks, and some blaspheme, And most forget; but, either way, That and the Child's unheeded dream Is all the light of all their day.
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Page 544 - There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid.
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Page 137 - We, the people of the Confederate States, each state acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this constitution for the Confederate States of America.
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Page 682 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.