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Page 111
... called Pan - Islamic movement in India , anti - British and pro - Turk in character , caused serious misgivings in England and among Anglo - Indians regarding the wisdom of Mr. Lloyd George's policy toward the recalcitrant Turkish ...
... called Pan - Islamic movement in India , anti - British and pro - Turk in character , caused serious misgivings in England and among Anglo - Indians regarding the wisdom of Mr. Lloyd George's policy toward the recalcitrant Turkish ...
Page 113
... called ? It loses ground here , as in Turkey . Islam in Egypt will soon be no more than a literature or a philosophy . The na- tional movement here to - day is in- dependent of any religious motive . ' And another declared that the Uni ...
... called ? It loses ground here , as in Turkey . Islam in Egypt will soon be no more than a literature or a philosophy . The na- tional movement here to - day is in- dependent of any religious motive . ' And another declared that the Uni ...
Page 155
... called ' Fifty Books . ' Each year that number of books is selected from the products of different publish- ers , chosen entirely on standards of good bookmaking , with no attention paid to their subject . Not only does each exhibition ...
... called ' Fifty Books . ' Each year that number of books is selected from the products of different publish- ers , chosen entirely on standards of good bookmaking , with no attention paid to their subject . Not only does each exhibition ...
Page 158
... called out to know if I could come off at once . ' Oh , ' I called back , ' they have n't put us through inspection yet , but I suppose that can't take long . ' ' We'll wait here , ' he called back , ' and you come off as soon as you ...
... called out to know if I could come off at once . ' Oh , ' I called back , ' they have n't put us through inspection yet , but I suppose that can't take long . ' ' We'll wait here , ' he called back , ' and you come off as soon as you ...
Page 160
... called to breakfast at seven - thirty and then advised that , as the lounge was locked , we should have to wait in the smoking room . There , accordingly , we did wait , and wonder , to the nerve - racking accompaniment of busy winches ...
... called to breakfast at seven - thirty and then advised that , as the lounge was locked , we should have to wait in the smoking room . There , accordingly , we did wait , and wonder , to the nerve - racking accompaniment of busy winches ...
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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.