Scribner's Monthly: An Illustrated Magazine for the People, Volume 101Scribner & Company, 1921 |
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Page 9
... told me he had one year more to complete his studies at the Ecole Normale at Pau , while a stalwart youth with red hair answered my inquiries in my own tongue , declar- ing that his father was an Englishman , his mother a Basque , and ...
... told me he had one year more to complete his studies at the Ecole Normale at Pau , while a stalwart youth with red hair answered my inquiries in my own tongue , declar- ing that his father was an Englishman , his mother a Basque , and ...
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... told did custom seek to reproduce in the minds of the modern worshipers the spirit of apprehension which filled the souls of their ancestors in the dread days three hundred years before . All through the festival the semi- military ...
... told did custom seek to reproduce in the minds of the modern worshipers the spirit of apprehension which filled the souls of their ancestors in the dread days three hundred years before . All through the festival the semi- military ...
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... told me . " Miss Brown glanced at the vicar in bitter triumph , as if to say , " You see the kind of person you have been com- mending the viper you have cher- ished at your hearth ! What is your opinion of him now ? " Then she turned ...
... told me . " Miss Brown glanced at the vicar in bitter triumph , as if to say , " You see the kind of person you have been com- mending the viper you have cher- ished at your hearth ! What is your opinion of him now ? " Then she turned ...
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... told in this place , yet it is worth the telling . For this calf love , which comes to most of us , this boy - and - girl devotion that comes before the heart is saddened with a fuller knowl- edge of the complexities of life , is it not ...
... told in this place , yet it is worth the telling . For this calf love , which comes to most of us , this boy - and - girl devotion that comes before the heart is saddened with a fuller knowl- edge of the complexities of life , is it not ...
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... told me that I should find her imperial Majesty most gracious and I need not be in the least intimidated by her ; but despite this re- assuring assertion , my heart - beats quick- ened a little as I entered her presence and made my ...
... told me that I should find her imperial Majesty most gracious and I need not be in the least intimidated by her ; but despite this re- assuring assertion , my heart - beats quick- ened a little as I entered her presence and made my ...
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Page 653 - The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Page 454 - And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Page 657 - And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Page 69 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain and hill shall be made low: And the crooked shall be made straight, And the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 454 - Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Page 299 - Take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again.
Page 276 - Japanese or Korean laborers, skilled and unskilled, who have received passports to go to Mexico, Canada or Hawaii, and come therefrom, be refused permission to enter the continental territory of the United States.
Page 549 - Fantastic beauty; such as lurks In some wild Poet, when he works Without a conscience or an aim. What then were God to such as I...
Page 618 - Listen, children: Your father is dead. From his old coats I'll make you little jackets; I'll make you little trousers From his old pants. There'll be in his pockets Things he used to put there, Keys and pennies Covered with tobacco; Dan shall have the pennies To save in his bank; Anne shall have the keys To make a pretty noise with. Life must go on, And the dead be forgotten; Life must go on, Though good men die; Anne, eat your breakfast; Dan, take your medicine; Life must go on; I forget just why.
Page 189 - ... maintained upon satisfactory terms by private capital and enterprise: Provided. That if adequate shipping service is not established by. February 1, 1922, the President shall extend the period herein allowed for the establishment of such service in the case of any island Territory or possession for such time as may be necessary for the establishment of adequate shipping facilities...