Retrospects and Prospects: Descriptive and Historical EssaysC. Scribner's Sons, 1899 - 228페이지 |
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... known , and so gracious has she proven , that all the com- monest domestic folk may run out and chit - chat with her , whenever they will , a million at a time . Nature , therefore ( to return to the soberer philosophic method ) , does ...
... known , and so gracious has she proven , that all the com- monest domestic folk may run out and chit - chat with her , whenever they will , a million at a time . Nature , therefore ( to return to the soberer philosophic method ) , does ...
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... known to those wholly unacquainted with the science , that if the tone E ( for instance ) be made upon the A string of the violin with the bow , and at the same time the open E string be gently and repeat- edly touched with the little ...
... known to those wholly unacquainted with the science , that if the tone E ( for instance ) be made upon the A string of the violin with the bow , and at the same time the open E string be gently and repeat- edly touched with the little ...
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... known land . Why not fortify her New Mexican silver- mines with these sextuple barriers , droughts , deserts , mountains , rivers , savages , and nameless fears ? Surely , if inclosure could be made impregnable , this would seem to be ...
... known land . Why not fortify her New Mexican silver- mines with these sextuple barriers , droughts , deserts , mountains , rivers , savages , and nameless fears ? Surely , if inclosure could be made impregnable , this would seem to be ...
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... known as the Military Plaza , and a permanent system of improvements begun . - Here then , with sword and crozier , Spain set to work at once to reduce her wild claim into possession , and to fulfil the condition upon which Pope ...
... known as the Military Plaza , and a permanent system of improvements begun . - Here then , with sword and crozier , Spain set to work at once to reduce her wild claim into possession , and to fulfil the condition upon which Pope ...
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... known . The town of San Fernando was still so called at this time ; and the town and mission of San Antonio de Valero bore that name . In 1744 this latter extended itself to the eastward , or rather the - extension had probably gone on ...
... known . The town of San Fernando was still so called at this time ; and the town and mission of San Antonio de Valero bore that name . In 1744 this latter extended itself to the eastward , or rather the - extension had probably gone on ...
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67 페이지 - If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country. VICTORY OR DEATH.
101 페이지 - And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate' by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war ; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial Enter a Servant.
131 페이지 - ... and invented ways and means how they might accumulate and gather together into few hands, as well great multitude of farms as great plenty of cattle, and in especial, sheep...
129 페이지 - I) your shepe that were wont to be so meke and tame, and so smal eaters, now, as I heare saye, be become so great devowerers and so wylde, that they eate up, and swallow downe the very men them selfes. They consume, destroye, and devoure whole fieldes, howses, and cities.
101 페이지 - Thou art the ruins of the noblest man, That ever lived in the tide of times. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood ! Over thy wounds now do I prophesy — Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips, To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue ; — A curse shall light upon the limbs of men ; Domestic fury, and fierce civil strife, Shall cumber all the parts of Italy...
68 페이지 - MY BRAVE COMPANIONS — Stern necessity compels me to employ the few moments afforded by this probably brief cessation of conflict in making known to you the most interesting, yet the most solemn, melancholy, and unwelcome fact that perishing humanity can realize. But how shall I find language to prepare you for its reception?
71 페이지 - I have often done worse than to climb that wall." thought he. Suiting the action to the thought, he sprang up, seized his wallet of unwashed clothes, and ascended the wall. Standing on its top, he looked down within to take a last view of his dying friends. They were all now in motion, but what they were doing he heeded not. Overpowered by his feelings, he looked away and saw them no more. Looking down without, he was amazed at the scene of death that met his gaze.
42 페이지 - ... them, accord but little with your proceedings. Permit me to inform you that M. de Bienville is perfectly informed of the limits of his government, and is very certain that the post of Nassonite depends not upon the dominions of his Catholic majesty.
129 페이지 - But yet this is not only the necessary cause of stealing. There is an other, whych, as I suppose, is proper and peculiar to you Englishmen alone. What is that, quod the Cardinal? forsoth my lorde (quod I) your shepe that were wont to be so meke and tame, and so smal eaters, now, as I heare saye, be become so great devowerers and so wylde, that they eate up, and swallow downe the very men them selfes.
70 페이지 - I now want every man who is determined to stay here and die with me to come across this line. Who will be first ? March ! ' "The first respondent was Tapley Holland, who leaped the line at a bound, exclaiming, ' I am ready to die for my country ! ' His example was instantly followed by every man in the file, with the exception of Rose.