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... minutes , even if they escaped the fire and smoke . But no one heard their shouts ; McCaffrey and his men had given them up for lost . Hall was now crying pitifully for help . The icy water of the pool was creeping up around him ...
... minutes , even if they escaped the fire and smoke . But no one heard their shouts ; McCaffrey and his men had given them up for lost . Hall was now crying pitifully for help . The icy water of the pool was creeping up around him ...
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... minutes after three , giving them therefore little more than an hour to view the castle , where , three centuries be- fore , the Duc de Guise had been murdered , while his brother , the cardinal , met a similar fate the day after , at a ...
... minutes after three , giving them therefore little more than an hour to view the castle , where , three centuries be- fore , the Duc de Guise had been murdered , while his brother , the cardinal , met a similar fate the day after , at a ...
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... minutes perhaps a minute or two over , but , at that rate of going , a minute or so one way or the other does not matter . It's not very fast going when we think of the Empire State Express , Jimmy Michael on wheels , Salvator , and a ...
... minutes perhaps a minute or two over , but , at that rate of going , a minute or so one way or the other does not matter . It's not very fast going when we think of the Empire State Express , Jimmy Michael on wheels , Salvator , and a ...
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... on earth , by several minutes to the mile . It is difficult to size up the horse - power of an elephant . Looking at his legs , in their to build a fair - sized brick cottage on his. RAJA SINGH AND OTHER ELEPHANTS . 41.
... on earth , by several minutes to the mile . It is difficult to size up the horse - power of an elephant . Looking at his legs , in their to build a fair - sized brick cottage on his. RAJA SINGH AND OTHER ELEPHANTS . 41.
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... to crawl under the table or to have run away . But fright held its sway , and locomotion was impossible . For about five minutes the despatcher " He looked at me then catching me by the. A MIDNIGHT VISIT FROM COW - BOYS . 45.
... to crawl under the table or to have run away . But fright held its sway , and locomotion was impossible . For about five minutes the despatcher " He looked at me then catching me by the. A MIDNIGHT VISIT FROM COW - BOYS . 45.
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Page 263 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government...
Page 525 - We — even we here — hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth.
Page 261 - I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these states is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is safe to assert that no government proper, ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.
Page 169 - My friends: No one, not in my situation, can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington.
Page 262 - My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well upon this whole subject. Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. If there be an object to hurry any of you, in hot haste, to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time; but no good object can be frustrated by it.
Page 261 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Republican Administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension.
Page 291 - Take up the White man's burden And reap his old reward: The blame of those ye better, The hate of those ye guard The cry of hosts ye humour (Ah, slowly!) toward the light: "Why brought ye us from bondage, "Our loved Egyptian night?
Page 324 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union...
Page 324 - And this issue embraces more than the fate of these United States. It presents to the whole family of man the question whether a constitutional republic or democracy — a government of the people by the same people — can or cannot maintain its territorial integrity against its own domestic foes.
Page 262 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.