Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volumen97Harper's Magazine Company, 1898 |
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... less comfortable , more or less educated class , and one hundred and nine- teen millions of citizens the mass of whom form the dullest , rudest , least ambitious peasantry in Europe . If one travels over Russia to spy out the land , he ...
... less comfortable , more or less educated class , and one hundred and nine- teen millions of citizens the mass of whom form the dullest , rudest , least ambitious peasantry in Europe . If one travels over Russia to spy out the land , he ...
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... less primitive , shabby , dirty , native - Asiatic . It is of interest for the reader to know how the sight - seer in Russia is welcomed , and in what degree of comfort he travels there . It happened that when I was ready to start for ...
... less primitive , shabby , dirty , native - Asiatic . It is of interest for the reader to know how the sight - seer in Russia is welcomed , and in what degree of comfort he travels there . It happened that when I was ready to start for ...
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... less than is actually necessary for the support of the inhab- itants , whose numbers have greatly in- creased . New abuses have crept in , ow- ing to the muzhik's simplicity , his lack of ambition , and the vices of drink , gaming ...
... less than is actually necessary for the support of the inhab- itants , whose numbers have greatly in- creased . New abuses have crept in , ow- ing to the muzhik's simplicity , his lack of ambition , and the vices of drink , gaming ...
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... less de- gree , a distinctly specialized character , due to the unfamiliarity which the sea , as a scene of action , has for the mass of mankind . Nothing is more trite than the remark continually made to naval officers , that life at ...
... less de- gree , a distinctly specialized character , due to the unfamiliarity which the sea , as a scene of action , has for the mass of mankind . Nothing is more trite than the remark continually made to naval officers , that life at ...
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... less harm- ful than the indirect injury produced by continual repetition of unintentional mis- conceptions . The former occurs general- ly in the case of living , present - moment questions ; it reaches chiefly those already convinced ...
... less harm- ful than the indirect injury produced by continual repetition of unintentional mis- conceptions . The former occurs general- ly in the case of living , present - moment questions ; it reaches chiefly those already convinced ...
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Página 416 - Who gave you this Name ? Answer. My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptism ; wherein I was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Página 134 - ... it is scarcely possible to resist the conviction that the annexation of Cuba to our federal republic will be indispensable to the continuance and integrity of the Union itself.
Página 310 - When an ancient word for its sound and significancy deserves to be revived, I have that reasonable veneration for antiquity, to restore it. All beyond this is superstition. Words are not like landmarks, so sacred as never to be removed ; customs are changed, and even statutes are silently repealed, when the reason ceases for which they were enacted.
Página 601 - The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory, Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Página 619 - ... ridiculing any of its ceremonies, or affronting its ministers or votaries, has ever been deeply resented, you are to be particularly careful to restrain every officer and soldier from such imprudence and folly, and to punish every instance of it. On the other hand, as far as...
Página 480 - ... approximation. The connecting link is the cabinet. By that new word we mean a committee of the legislative body selected to be the executive body. The legislature has many committees, but this is its greatest. It chooses for this, its main committee, the men in whom it has most confidence. It does not, it is true, choose them directly; but it is nearly omnipotent in choosing them indirectly.
Página 629 - Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression,'' with reference to his discourse for the Sabbath, when the door burst open and his sister-in-law entered.
Página 625 - the executive government of this country, in its intercourse with foreign nations, is limited to the employment of diplomacy alone. When this fails it can proceed no further. It cannot legitimately resort to force without the direct authority of Congress, except in resisting and repelling hostile attacks.
Página 261 - Annie had a different theory — at least in regard to the man's family. Indeed, it must be admitted that this warm-hearted, energetic woman had a good many theories, and she talked about them until all Old Chester found her just a little fatiguing. As for the twins, at first the presence of their strong, happy, vital niece...
Página 308 - ... some of which are now struggling for the vogue, and others are in possession of it. I have done my utmost for some years past to stop the progress of mob and banter, but have been plainly borne down by numbers, and betrayed by those who promised to assist me.