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Page 52
... once more be held up to the light , to see that no interstices have been left here either , but that all this part has been thoroughly covered , and must then again be set aside for eight or ten hours to dry . The pattern and the ground ...
... once more be held up to the light , to see that no interstices have been left here either , but that all this part has been thoroughly covered , and must then again be set aside for eight or ten hours to dry . The pattern and the ground ...
Page 66
... once ; and now , two or three months after his return , he had written me , in the same frank , hearty style that characterized his boyhood , " to come and see him , and to be boys together once more . " My uncle had gone to bed , but ...
... once ; and now , two or three months after his return , he had written me , in the same frank , hearty style that characterized his boyhood , " to come and see him , and to be boys together once more . " My uncle had gone to bed , but ...
Page 79
... once at the young man , and then , advancing , took his hand in both hers , and said , in a frank , earnest , friendly tone , that went to Philip's heart- " I am very glad indeed to see you here again , Mr. Heathcote . " There was no ...
... once at the young man , and then , advancing , took his hand in both hers , and said , in a frank , earnest , friendly tone , that went to Philip's heart- " I am very glad indeed to see you here again , Mr. Heathcote . " There was no ...
Page 80
... Once more the town's talk was of Philip Heathcote and Margaret Lester . They were seen walking together ; one had met them in the fields ; another , coming home from church ; Mr. Heathcote was daily at the house ; surely they must be en ...
... Once more the town's talk was of Philip Heathcote and Margaret Lester . They were seen walking together ; one had met them in the fields ; another , coming home from church ; Mr. Heathcote was daily at the house ; surely they must be en ...
Page 131
... once let such a man give the reins into the hands of the police , and every member of the body becomes a kind of petty and vulgar tyrant , made only the more cruel and rapacious because he knows his authority is uncertain , and because ...
... once let such a man give the reins into the hands of the police , and every member of the body becomes a kind of petty and vulgar tyrant , made only the more cruel and rapacious because he knows his authority is uncertain , and because ...
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Page 4 - The Confederate States may acquire new territory; and Congress shall have power to legislate and provide governments for the inhabitants of all territory belonging to the Confederate States, lying without the limits of the several States ; and may permit them, at such times, and in such manner as it may by law provide, to form States to be admitted into the Confederacy. In all such territory, the institution of negro slavery, as it now exists in the Confederate States...
Page 198 - No one venerates the peerage more than I do ; but, my lords, I must say, that the peerage solicited me, not I the peerage.
Page 199 - I impeach him in the name of the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, whose parliamentary trust he has betrayed. I impeach him in the name of all the Commons of Great Britain, whose national character he has dishonoured. I impeach him in the name of the people of India, whose laws, rights and liberties he has subverted, whose properties he has destroyed, whose country he has laid waste and desolate.
Page 485 - Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks cry, The distant hills are looking nigh. How restless are the snorting swine ! The busy flies disturb the kine ; Low o'er the grass the swallow wings, The cricket, too, how sharp he sings ! Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws...
Page 4 - In all such territory, the institution of negro slavery, as it now exists in the Confederate States, shall be recognized and protected by Congress and by the territorial government; and the inhabitants of the several Confederate States and Territories shall have the right to take to such territory any slaves lawfully held by them in any of the States or Territories of the Confederate States.
Page 72 - Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on the event, — A thought which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom And ever three parts coward, — I do not know Why yet I live to say "This thing's to do," Sith I have cause, and will, and strength, and means To do't.
Page 104 - And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan...
Page 4 - But Congress may, by law, grant to the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments, a seat upon the floor of either House, with the privilege of discussing any measures appertaining to his department.
Page 577 - ... one of our companie looking over boord saw a mermaid, and calling up some of the companie to see her, one more came up, and by that time shee was come close to the ship's side, looking earnestly on the men: a little after, a sea came and overturned her: from the...
Page 485 - Quits mutton-bones on grass to feast ; And see yon rooks, how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding kite, And seem precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball. Twill surely rain, I see with sorrow, Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow.