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... received from him a marked impetus . He accomplished much for architecture . He rebuilt London , besides other places which had been demolished . He loved religion and did all in his power to promote its interests . He gave one - half ...
... received from him a marked impetus . He accomplished much for architecture . He rebuilt London , besides other places which had been demolished . He loved religion and did all in his power to promote its interests . He gave one - half ...
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... receiving presents and acknowledgments of his literary powers from different parts of the world . He stands prominent in the science of legislation and government . The great King was a practical mechanic , working in silver and gold ...
... receiving presents and acknowledgments of his literary powers from different parts of the world . He stands prominent in the science of legislation and government . The great King was a practical mechanic , working in silver and gold ...
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... received . Both through his promotion of intercourse with distant lands and through his literary work , our great king enlightened his people by disseminating geographical knowledge . The first to encourage Arctic exploration , the ...
... received . Both through his promotion of intercourse with distant lands and through his literary work , our great king enlightened his people by disseminating geographical knowledge . The first to encourage Arctic exploration , the ...
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... received from January 1 , to June 30 , 1901 , applied and paid into Treasury ....... $ 32,096 00 Distributed as follows : 1. For filing of 4,034 titles , foreign pro- ductions at $ 1 ..... $ 4,034 00 2. For filing of 42,492 titles ...
... received from January 1 , to June 30 , 1901 , applied and paid into Treasury ....... $ 32,096 00 Distributed as follows : 1. For filing of 4,034 titles , foreign pro- ductions at $ 1 ..... $ 4,034 00 2. For filing of 42,492 titles ...
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... received and paid into the United States Treasury , and appro- priations by Congress for service , Copyright Office for the four fiscal years , July , 1897 , to June 30 , 1901 . July 1 , 1897 , to June 30 , 1898 .. July 1 , 1898 , to ...
... received and paid into the United States Treasury , and appro- priations by Congress for service , Copyright Office for the four fiscal years , July , 1897 , to June 30 , 1901 . July 1 , 1897 , to June 30 , 1898 .. July 1 , 1898 , to ...
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Page 12 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket...
Page 8 - I met a boy with bread. I had made many a meal on bread, and, inquiring where he got it, I went immediately to the baker's he directed me to, in...
Page 8 - Brownell, very successful in his profession generally, and that by mild, encouraging methods. Under him I acquired fair writing pretty soon, but I failed in the arithmetic, and made no progress in it. At ten years old...
Page 8 - I have been the more particular in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there. I was in my working dress, my best clothes being to come round by sea.
Page 10 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 8 - ... same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant necessity of searching for variety, and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind, and make me master of it. Therefore I took some of the tales and turned them into verse; and, after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned them back again.