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Page 9
... tell . ' around the corner from the Garden . I can go up to the house to - morrow morning . ' " That's a good idea , ' I said . ' Your wife ever see you fight , Jack ? ' ' No , ' Jack says . ' She never seen me It's just business ...
... tell . ' around the corner from the Garden . I can go up to the house to - morrow morning . ' " That's a good idea , ' I said . ' Your wife ever see you fight , Jack ? ' ' No , ' Jack says . ' She never seen me It's just business ...
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... tell about the weather , ' Jack says . John came to the door of the dressing room and poked his head in . Jack was sitting there with his bathrobe on ; he had his arms folded and was looking at the floor . John had a couple of handlers ...
... tell about the weather , ' Jack says . John came to the door of the dressing room and poked his head in . Jack was sitting there with his bathrobe on ; he had his arms folded and was looking at the floor . John had a couple of handlers ...
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... tell with a confidence very seldom misdirected what it is that you scent : your behavior in the neighborhood of a hare , a pheas- ant , or a covey of partridges is always distinctive . How you lift your head for the partridges and waver ...
... tell with a confidence very seldom misdirected what it is that you scent : your behavior in the neighborhood of a hare , a pheas- ant , or a covey of partridges is always distinctive . How you lift your head for the partridges and waver ...
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... tell me they meet with greater generosity from men who have attained the highest business places than from those of intermediate rank . The inference has been that the former , established in name and for- tune , regard themselves , in ...
... tell me they meet with greater generosity from men who have attained the highest business places than from those of intermediate rank . The inference has been that the former , established in name and for- tune , regard themselves , in ...
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... tell my desire . Bring me fruits or nuts of your country . ' His face fell . Only that ? There are many goodly things in my country . ' ' Doubtless , ' I said carelessly . ' I have seen them in shops . They are questionless beautiful ...
... tell my desire . Bring me fruits or nuts of your country . ' His face fell . Only that ? There are many goodly things in my country . ' ' Doubtless , ' I said carelessly . ' I have seen them in shops . They are questionless beautiful ...
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Page 277 - make of it!' He became conscious of the words his brother was reading. 'Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and hi the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these
Page 548 - glowing; rapturous and frightened by turns. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one; Yet the light of a whole life dies When love is done. It must have been the eye of his heart which he had been
Page 369 - in office, to which your suffrages have twice called me, have been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty, and to a deference to what appeared to be your wishes. ... I rejoice that the state of your concerns, external as well as internal, no longer renders the pursuit of inclination incompatible with the pursuit of duty or propriety.
Page 377 - in retiring from the presidential office after their second term, has become, by universal concurrence, a part of our republican system of government, and that any departure from this time-honored custom would be unwise, unpatriotic and fraught with peril to our free institutions. There
Page 343 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel.
Page 201 - Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Page 277 - the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 317 - The impression we receive is of a feverish struggle for literary existence, a terrible pressure of the poetical population on the means of subsistence. 'Pope writes: — When sick of muse our follies we deplore And promise our best friends to write no more, We wake next morning in a raging fit, And call for pen and ink to show our wit.
Page 720 - God hath given power to his ministers to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the absolution and remission of their sins, and that
Page 370 - General Washington set the example of retirement at the end of eight years. I shall follow it; and a few more precedents will oppose the obstacle of habit to any one after a while who shall endeavor to extend his term.