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...s trembled. I saw those years, there on the wharf, saw them in the gulls’ wings, in the distraught faces about me, my girls’, my friends’, my neighb... ...t be graceful, strong, so that the words and the music can flow... The wings of the swans have drawn you toward the dark ground, with yoke chari... ... intimate evening, ending with a tale by one of the wanderers, of Pegasus winging over the ocean on an errand of mercy for a lost lover. Toward daw... ... 55 There were murmurs... I remembered the herons as I tried to rest, wings and more wings, bearing me away. P Sometimes, we troop to our old ... ...e ocean lapping after a windy night, a dragonfly in my room, clicking its wings over my bed. Mama saw it and murmured: “There...see it above you. N... .... Wouldn’t know a hawk from a handsaw. VOICES FROM THE PAST 504 15th I go before my darling, I go before... Follow to the bower in the c...

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...painter, sculptor, architect, cartographer, engineer, scientist and inventor in the 15th century. Yet, despite his genius, he referred to himself a...

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...oils, and, posted securely at some distance, was employed in cleansing his wings, and disengaging them from the ragged remnants of the cobweb. By this... ...out stock or inheritance? born to no possession of your own, but a pair of wings and a drone pipe. Y our livelihood is a universal plunder upon natur... ...nswered the bee, “to hear you grant at least that I am come honestly by my wings and my voice; for then, it seems, I am obliged to Heaven alone for my... ..., we are content with the bee, to pretend to nothing of our own beyond our wings and our voice: that is to say, our flights and our language. For the ... ...e! Paracelsus, at the head of his dragoons, observing Galen in the adverse wing, darted his javelin with a mighty force, which the brave Ancient recei... ...months. The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces – Swift 31 On the 15th will be a violent storm on the south east coast of France, which will ... ...d to confine myself for several reasons very obvious to the reader. On the 15th news will arrive of a very surprising event, than which nothing could ... ...ticulars. At home, the death of an old famous senator will hap pen on the 15th at his country house, worn with age and diseases. But that which will ...

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...for- gotten so trivial a matter. T o Hamilton’s we accordingly went on the 15th of April, 1885. Remember that—whatever my doctor may say to the contra... ...e evidence of the disease that was eating me away. I found nothing. On the 15th of May, I left Heatherlegh’s house at eleven o’clock in the morning; a... ...anion. It would be almost impossible to describe my varying moods from the 15th of May up to to-day. The presence of the ‘rickshaw filled me by turns ... ...exterous turns of the wrist, pegged the bird on its back with outstretched wings. As was only natural, the crow began to shriek at once and beat the a... ...gainst the man who had, for a consideration it is true, taken me under his wing. I had left the world, it seemed, for centuries. I was as certain then... ...od luck.” “I will go even now!” shouted the priest. “I will depart upon my winged camels, and be at Peshawar in a day! Ho! Hazar Mir Khan,” he yelled ... .... Carnehan sights for the brown of the men half a mile across the snow and wings one of them. Then he sends a message to the Chief that, unless he wis...

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... -- Conversion of the people -- Suspicious death of Cortez's wife -- The white wings of peace -- Cortez sets about new conquests -- Fatal rebellion of... ... seas were connected by a canal to facilitate this trade, while as late as the 15th century the ambition of navigators was directed towards finding a ... ...e sea calf's skin protects him from the lightning, though a fox tail, a gull's wing or an eagle's beak is almost equally good; he likes to have a bag ... ...evotion by a thrilling speech which Cortez delivered to pacify his men. On the 15th of August, 1519, Cortez had so far completed his preparation for t... ... the Spaniards, who were represented as being armed with thunder and clad with wings, and been informed of the desecration of the temples and the des... ... from the two Indian nations were stationed in the centre, supported on either wing by the Spaniards, and the cavalry was sent forward to bring on the... ...ds which he passed on his return trip to Batavia, where he arrived on June the 15th, having been absent less than one year. Three years later, he unde... ...imate on this account much earlier than they otherwise would have done. On the 15th of June, they doubled the Cape of Good Hope without meeting any di... ...of the passage, and nearly opposite Cape Froward, where they remained till the 15th of May, a period of extreme suffering. "In this time," says Jane, ...

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...drops/ Pull from under the bit/ the spring”, “Mild cranes bring / on their wings / the warm”. “To touch with the forehead / of spring/ the song of ni... ...marandache..., in “Libertas Mathematica”, University of Texas, Arlington, 15th vol., 1995, p. 241. Tilton, Homer B., Petrified Knowledge, in “Math ... ... Florentin..., in “Libertas Mathematica”, University of Texas, Arlington, 15th vol, 1996, p.194. 96 Rotaru, Ion, Paradoxism, in “Harriet E.P. S...

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...Lacey looked at in the Star read, “Jake Edmonds, 66, passed away on August 15th, after a courageous battle with cancer….” Why do they al- ways write t... ...dy to leave, and thought of the troubled boy that Jake had taken under his wing. Oh, Jake, I owe you so much! Jana was acting as hostess to the group....

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...iolence of his affection for Janetta, on receiving this Billet flew on the wings of Love to Macdonald-Hall, and so powerfully pleaded his At- tachment... ... mean- ing of simpathy, and who actually snored—. Adeiu, Laura. Letter the 15th Laura in continuation. When we arrived at the town where we were to Br... ...le) I cannot now determine, but certain it is that when we had reached our 15th year, we took the nine Hundred Pounds and ran away. Having obtained t... ... them with great Alacrity. We would have persuaded Eloisa to have taken a Wing of a 39 Jane Austen Chicken, but she would not be persuaded. She was ...

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...paces, passing on its way; like the passing shadow of a condor; and such a winged flight of thirty thousand, with mixed cackling and crowing, rose in ... ...ally in hot regions and times, do the proudest palaces we build of it take wings, and become Sahara sand-palaces, spinning many pillared in the whirlw... ... of a Bastille flank itself with fresh-hewn mullions, spread out tyrannous wings; menacing Patriotism? New space for prisoners: and what prisoners? A ... ...robably this thing above all others, that it has become impossible! On the 15th of April, notice is given that his Majesty, who has suffered much from... ...be the price of the King’s somnolence, he may awake when he will, and take wing. Remark, in any case, what somersets and contortions a dead Catholicis... ... himself, by the old laws of chivalry, her Knight? He will descend on fire-wings, of Swedish musketry, and deliver her from these foul drag- ons,—if, ... ...e done with the fugitive Hereditary Representative? Finally, on Friday the 15th of July 1791, the National Assembly decides; in what negatory manner w... ..., waited on by Terror and Silence. The result of all which is that, on the 15th of November 1791, we behold Friend Dampmartin, and subalterns be- neat... ...gnificance; not even Genevese Dumont but had a word in it. Finally, on the 15th and onwards to the 23d day of March, 1792, when all is negociated,—thi...

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...rm, or red nightcap (of bonnet rouge), defile before it daily, just on the wing towards Brunswick; with the brandishing of arms; always with some touc... ...romeda, and could only wail there to the Earth and Heavens; miraculously a winged Perseus (or Impro- vised Commune) has dawned out of the void Blue, a... ...t day, come in contact with Saxe-Teschen and the Austrians; Dumouriez wide-winged, they wide-winged; at and around the village of Jemappes, near Mons.... ...Three fringed and maned with red Fire. And Dumouriez is swept back on this wing, and swept back on that, and is like to be swept back utterly; when he... ...atriot Volunteers, as they defile through the Convention Hall, just on the wing to the Frontiers;—perorating in that heroical Cambyses’ vein of theirs... ...oire;’ Republicanism dominates without and within: what, therefore, on the 15th day of March, 1794, is this? Arrest- ment, sudden really as a bolt out...

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...ou may re- quire, and which it may be in my power to afford. “Ardvoirlich, 15th January, 1830.” The publication of a statement so particular, and prob... ...leishbotham. LITERAL TRANSLATION. The hail-blast had drifted away upon the wings of the gale of autumn. The sun looked from between the clouds, pale a... ...lone, trained in the Italian wars, made a desperate defence upon the right wing. In every other point their line was penetrated at the first onset; an... ...oise of the galloping of the horse, produced an effect upon Argyle’s right wing which no other sounds could have impressed them with. The mountaineers... ...s the lake, the remainder in different directions. The defeat of the right wing, of itself decisive, was rendered irreparable by the death of Auchenbr... ... the manners and customs of every tribe. Go therefore to Hay, on the right wing; he has instructions, and expects you. You will find him with Glenmorr...

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... be explained, the chiefs persuaded to assemble at a fono summoned for the 15th; and the ships carried not only a store of printed docu- ments, but a ... ... style, on the 3rd September. This was the dinner- bell of the fono on the 15th. The threat conveyed in the terms of the summons – “If any government ... ...ilies, and we have obeyed the summons. We have signed our names under this 15th Septem- ber 1887.” Needs must under all these guns; and the paper was ... ...o the bush. Here were four blackened warriors on guard, – the extreme left wing of the Mataafa force, where it touched 63 Robert Louis Stevenson the ... ...f for the passage of the Fuisa. Here they came under the fire of the right wing of the Mataafas on the river-bank. The beach, raked east and west, app... ...he consul think- ing? There was no helper in the field but Germany. On the 15th he had an interview with the victor; told him that T amasese’s was the... ...to the Adler with darker antici- pations. At sunrise on the morning of the 15th, the three ships, each loaded with its consul, put to sea. It is hard ...

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...e spots to which they had been partial in the lifetime of the Emperor. The 15th October was fixed on for the day of the ex- humation: that day five-an... ...parations” for receiving the body of Napoleon. The entry was fixed for the 15th of December. On the 8th of December at Cherbourg the body was transfer... ...ing granted them a noble and glorious voyage.” Early on the morning of the 15th December, amidst clouds of incense, and thunder of cannon, and innu- m... ...here has been no murder of English, and the brood is all nestled under her wings sound asleep, and she is lying awake thanking God that the day and it... ... touched his Imperial and Royal Majesty with the light- est feather in his wing. In the nose of the Conqueror of Austerlitz we remarked very little al... ...t little circumstances fell under my own particular view on the day of the 15th of December. As we came out, the air and the buildings round about wer... ...l gayety of the nation, to say that it was, on the morning at least of the 15th of December, affected in any such absurd way. Itinerant merchants were...

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...everies which brooded over the heart of Joanna in early girlhood, when the wings were budding that should carry her from Orleans to Rheims; when the g... ...y a coup- de-main from a mixed garrison of English and Burgundians; on the 15th of that month, she carried the Dauphin into Rheims; on Sunday the 17th... ...nitent for life, saying everywhere that he had seen a dove 79 rising upon wings to heaven from the ashes where she had stood? What else drove the exe... ...ruin? What power could answer the question? Glance of eye, thought of man, wing of angel, which of these had speed enough to sweep between the questio... ...away—like a shrivelling scroll from before the wrath of fire racing on the wings of the wind! Epilepsy so brief of horror—wherefore is it that thou ca... ...But by her side was kneeling her better 136 angel, that hid his face with wings; that wept and pleaded for her; that prayed when she could not; that ...

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...ave the capital from all possible attack, so to operate as to put his left wing in communication with your right wing, and you are instructed to co-op... ...o establish this communication as soon as possible by extending your right-wing to the north of Richmond. It is believed that this communication can b... ...attention to it. To carry out the provisions of the act of Congress of the 15th of May last, I have caused the Department of Agriculture of the United... ...ither in whole or in part, to turn the enemy’s works, or to threaten their wings or communications; in other words, to keep the enemy occupied till a ... ...assed by the House of Representatives on the 14th and by the Senate on the 15th instant. The joint resolution is a simple authority, amounting, how- e... ... 21st, including a despatch from General Joe Johnston himself, that on the 15th or 16th—a little confusion as to the day— Grant beat Pemberton and [W ... ...IS EXCELLENCY JOEL PARKER, Governor of New Jersey. DEAR SIR:—Y ours of the 15th has been received, and con- sidered by the Secretary of War and myself...

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... state of war on April 6th and his message to the American people of April 15th. While the approval of Presi- dent Wilson was very naturally requested... ... in a spirit of real accommodation if peace is to come with healing in its wings and come to stay. Peace cannot be had without concession and sacrific...

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...he last six nights have slept easy.” So it was that when Fortune shook her wings and left him, honest Tom cuddled himself up in his ragged virtue, and... ...her; and billed and cooed like a pair of old pigeons on a perch. I want my wings and to use them, sir.” And she spread out her beautiful arms, as if i... ...during that time of his vanity and triumph. ’Twas but three days after the 15th of November, 1712 (Esmond minds him well of the date), that he went by...

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...ster still said not a word, until the first white things showed themselves wings; then, When he clearly recognized the pilot, he cried out, “Mind, min... ...e scorns human means, so that he wills not oar, or other sail than his own wings between such distant shores. See, how he holds them straight toward h... ... was benignantly received by him. 7 T o that outlet has he now turned his wing, because always those assemble there who towards Acheron do not descen... ...id my Master, staying his step, “so that he can as- cend who goeth without wings?” And while he was holding his face low, questioning his mind about t... ...ith only the feet; but here it behoves that one fly, I mean with the swift wings and with the feathers of great desire, behind that guide who gave me ... ...ader of the Black Guelphs and chief cause of the evils of the city. On the 15th September, 1308, his enemies having risen against him, he was com- pel...

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...nd ere long, on Bunker Hill, Democracy announcing, in rifle-volleys death- winged, under her Star Banner, to the tune of Yankee-doodle- doo, that she ... ...Versailles Chateau, in wide-spread wretchedness, in sallow faces, squalor, winged raggedness, present, as in legible hieroglyphic writing, their Petit... ...ry from afar. He, like an eagle or vulture, or mixture of both, preens his wings for flight homewards. (Fils Adoptif, Memoires de Mirabeau, t. iv. liv... .... (A. Lameth, Histoire de l’Assemblee Constituante (Int. 73).) This is the 15th of August 1787. What will not people bless; in their extreme need? Sel... ..., one might weep like Xerxes:—So many serried rows sit perched there; like winged creatures, alighted out of Heaven: all these, and so many more that ... ...robably this thing above all others, that it has become impossible! On the 15th of April, notice is given that his Majesty, who has suffered much from... ...done with the fu- gitive Hereditary Representative? Finally, on Friday the 15th of July 1791, the National As- sembly decides; in what negatory manner... ..., waited on by Terror and Silence. The result of all which is that, on the 15th of November 1791, we behold Friend Dampmartin, and subalterns beneath ... ...gnificance; not even Genevese Dumont but had a word in it. Finally, on the 15th and onwards to the 23d day of March, 1792, when all is negociated,—thi...

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...e riggers straight for Labrador, flying against the stiff gale with reefed wings, or else circling round first, with all their paddles briskly moving,... ...mes rising here and there like haystacks; and countless mice and moles and winged titmice along the sunny windy shore; cranberries tossed on the waves... ...try, distant shores, with guns at half cock, and they shall see teal, blue winged, green winged, shelldrakes, whistlers, black ducks, ospreys, and man... ... structure to some swift and shapely fish, and by the other to some strong winged and graceful bird. The fish shows where there should be the greatest... ... of the pads, and the smaller bittern now and then sailed away on sluggish wings from some recess in the shore, or the larger lifted itself out of the... ...ahamcock [Pawtucket Falls or Lowell], wher ther wigowames now stand.” “May 15th, 1685. “Honor governor my friend,— “You my friend I desire your worshi... ...named Samuel Lennardson, escaping from captivity among the Indians. On the 15th of March previous, Hannah Dustan had been compelled to rise from child...

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...d ere long, on Bunker Hill, Democracy an- nouncing, in rifle-volleys death-winged, under her Star Banner, to the tune of Yankee-doodle-doo, that she i... ...n wide-spread wretchedness, in sallow faces, squa- 35 Thomas Carlyle lor, winged raggedness, present, as in legible hieroglyphic writing, their Petit... ...ry from afar. He, like an eagle or vulture, or mixture of both, preens his wings for flight homewards. (Fils Adoptif, Memoires de Mirabeau, t. iv. liv... .... (A. Lameth, Histoire de l’Assemblee Constituante (Int. 73).) This is the 15th of August 1787. What will not people bless; in their extreme need? Sel... ..., one might weep like Xerxes:—So many serried rows sit perched there; like winged creatures, alighted out of Heaven: all these, and so many more that ... ...iselle Theroigne? Brown eloquent Beauty; who, with 121 Thomas Carlyle thy winged words and glances, shalt thrill rough bosoms, whole steel battalions...

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.... Here I intend mysteriously to sing With a pen pluck’d from Fame’s own wing, Of Gargantua that learn’d breech-wiping king. Decade the First. I. H... ...le children of the country, they made him a fair weather whirl-jack of the wings of the windmill of Myrebalais. 65 Rabelais Chapter 1.XII. Of Gargant... ...d, looking now and then behind them, like a dog that carrieth away a goose-wing in his mouth. Then Gymnast, spying his advantage, alighted from his ho... ...said unto him, What, my dear son, hast thou brought us this far some short-winged hawks of the college of Montague? I did not mean that thou shouldst ... ...storks, canepetiers, oranges, flamans, which are phaenicopters, or crimson-winged sea-fowls, terrigoles, tur- keys, arbens, coots, solan-geese, curlew... ...hom I beseech, by his blessed grace, to preserve you. From Medamothy, this 15th of June. Panurge, Friar John, Epistemon, Zenomanes, Gymnast, Eusthenes...

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...love that was more than love— I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that,... ...may, it has no such magnetism. Larger of bone and sinew it may be, but the wings are wanting. Talent sticks fast to earth, and its most perfect works ... ... appeared extremely un- easy, looking anxiously around him, fluttering his wings, and making a loud cooing noise, but could not be persuaded to trust ... ...d to find him continue his descent, with great velocity, making use of his wings with ease, and in a perfectly natural manner. In a very short time he... ...continued labor necessary for the con- densation of the atmosphere. “April 15th. Not even the outlines of continents and seas could now be traced upon... ...ese dark places liquid, it would evidently be even. The description of the wings of the man-bat, on page 21, is but a literal copy of Peter Wilkins’ a...

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...ans of resisting, and if they held to him they must *Battle of Caravaggio, 15th September 1448. **Johanna II of Naples, the widow of Ladislao, King of... ...e as soon as this obligation was no longer recognized.”—Pall Mall Gazette, 15th May 1906. 59 Machiavelli to have commenced only with the enlisting of... ...ps in the cen- tre of the line of battle, and his less reliable men on the wings of the army; whereupon he did exactly the oppo- site, putting his mos... ...re squadrons to march slowly, whilst he moved rapidly forward those on the wings. Thus, when they came into contact with the enemy, only the wings of ...

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... her foot; it fluttered up and flew close to her car, fanning her with its wings. She smiled, then sighed deeply as she remembered her present positio... ...a. Then, at the age of nineteen, Nekhludoff, brought up under his mother’s wing, was still 46 Resurrection quite pure. If a woman figured in his drea... ...neral. The reading of the report commenced. “In the year 188-, on February 15th, I, the undersigned, commissioned by the medical department, made an e...

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...806, the battle of Jena was fought. The court had fled from Weimar. On the 15th Napoleon and Goethe met. It was at the congress of Erfurt, where the s... ...een frizzled and powdered, and my curls stuck out from my head like little wings; but I could not finish dressing myself, because I kept confusing the... ...cts, two others, while music struck up, relieved guard, by coming from the wings, directly in front of the first, who retired in the same measured man... ...ch liked. These representations particularly attracted me: the little gold wings of a lively Mercury, the thunderbolt of a disguised Jupiter, an amoro... ..., or even plucked birds to observe how the feathers were inserted into the wings. Children are not to be blamed for this, when even our naturalists be... ...al possessions delighted us so much the more in the spring of 1763, as the 15th of February in that year was celebrated as a festival day, on account ...

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...y as President to convene Congress in extraordinary ses sion on Monday, the 15th day of March, 1897. In conclusion, I congratulate the country upon t... ...which I was elected, I shall call Congress into extra session to meet on the 15th day of March, in order that consideration may be at once given to a ... ...victory over any other people, but the peace that comes “with healing in its wings”; with compassion for those who have suffered; with understanding f...

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...ht for a whim stood up as she had never seen it before, low-fronted, broad-winged, 29 Kipling ample, prepared by course of generations for all such t... ...isen with the June honey- flow, and though the farmers worked, until their wings ached, to keep people cool, everybody suffered. A young bee crawled u... ...-brooded to you! Next!” “Shame!” cried half a dozen old workers with worn wings and nerves, and there was a scuffle and a hum. The little grey Wax-mo... ...elissa,” said a young bee, impressed by the chaste folds of the Wax-moth’s wing, which hid her ceaseless egg-dropping. “I haven’t done anything,” Meli... ...t we can’t have Death’s Headers in the middle of our honey-flow.” “My Only Wings! I should think not!” Melissa had all a sound bee’s hereditary hatred... ... and fore-tank pierced after collision, passed 300-ft. level Q P. as. Dec. 15th. Watched to water and pithed by Mark Boat. N. F. BANKS—Postal Packet 1... ...ns, and Harliss engine-seating, sighted and salved 7 20' S. 18 41' W. Dec. 15th. Photos at all A. B. C. offices. 91 Kipling Missing No answer to Gene...

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...f it as it was originally designed and built. Since that period very heavy wings have been added to the pile—wings so heavy that they are or seem to b... ...self. This, to my thinking, has destroyed the sym- metry of the whole. The wings, which in themselves are by no means devoid of beauty, are joined to ... ... portico, attached to the front, which looks upon the river. There are two wings, or sets of outhouses, containing the kitchen and servants’ rooms, wh... ...wo chambers— that of the Senate and the Representatives—are in the two new wings, on the middle or what we call the first floor. The entrance is made ... ...ne till toward the end of the session. The Senate house is in the opposite wing of the build- ing, the position of the one house answering exactly to ... ...s declaration is the loudest in its censure. In the following year, on the 15th of November, 1777, 186 North America V ol. 2 were drawn up the Articl... ...68 North America V ol. 2 This was the amount of the debt due up to January 15th, 1862. Mr. Spaulding then calculates that the sum required to carry on...

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... water and the Sand had spoil’d it. I continu’d this Work every Day to the 15th of June, except the Time necessary to get Food, which I always appoint... ...hat other Productions I might find, which I yet knew nothing of. It was the 15th of July that I began to take a more particular Survey of the Island it... ... Fowls, whose Names I know not, who I caught upon the Shore, and cut their Wings; and the little Stakes which I had planted before my Castle Wall bein... ...d not keep the Country out of my Head, and had a great Mind to be upon the Wing again, especially I could not resist the strong Inclination I had to s...

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...We had scarcely reached the edge of the timber when I heard the flutter of wings overhead, and in an instant I saw two or three turkeys flying away. T... ...enced. As we came up we were deployed in like manner. I was with the right wing, and led my company through the thicket wherever a pen- etrable place ... ...nfantry regiments, was sent against them and they soon disappeared. On the 15th of May we entered the city of Puebla. General Worth was in command at ... ... the men or build huts under the cover of the hills. On the morning of the 15th, before it was yet broad day, a messenger from Flag-officer Foote hand... ...ardly passable. The intense cold of the 163 U. S. Grant night of the 14th-15th had frozen the ground solid. This made travel on horseback even slower... ...d the enemy. The outer line of rifle-pits was passed, and the night of the 15th General Smith, with much of his division, bivouacked within the lines ... ...icularly among the officers of high rank, in Dover during the night of the 15th. General Floyd, the commanding officer, who was a man of talent enough... ...sed the river and were ready to ad- vance in the morning, forming the left wing. T wo other divi- sions, Crittenden’s and McCook’s, came up the river ... ...the extreme right of Buell’s command. My old command thus formed the right wing, while the troops directly under Buell constituted the left wing of th...

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... structure is of recent date, and it consists of a central part and of two wings, called Rocchetta and Bocca di Ganda respectively. The lock here exis... ...ttei, the left by Colonel Bangoni, who did excellent work, while the other wing was not so successful. The heaviest guns had not yet arrived owing to ... ...se have already arrived, if I judge so from their having left Noale on the 15th. From the right I hear that the ad- vanced posts have proceeded as far...

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... a baited hook which we floated astern upon a shingle. Their long, flapping wings, long legs, and large staring eyes, give them a very peculiar app... ... staring eyes, give them a very peculiar appearance. They look well on the wing; but one of the finest sights that I have ever seen, was an albatro... ... white, directly ahead of us, asleep upon the waves, with his head under his wing; now rising on the top of a huge billow, and then falling slowly unt... ..., lifting his head, he stared upon us for a moment, and then spread his wide wings and took his flight. - 17 - Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henr... ...ful sight. She was like a bird which had been frightened and had spread her wings in flight. After the topsails had been sheeted home, the head yards... ...ly on to San Diego, where we arrived and moored ship on. Thursday, Oct. 15th. Found here the Italian ship La Rosa, from the windward, which repo... ...t them have lived upon Hygela’s own baking and dressing. Friday, April 15th. Arrived, brig Pilgrim, from the windward. It was a sad sight for h... ...s, which we took on the second day after leaving San Diego. Sunday, May 15th, one week out, we were in latitude 14 deg. 56’ N., long. 116 deg. 1... ...en decks, and overhauling the deep sea lead line. Thursday, September 15th. This morning the temperature and peculiar appearance of the wate...

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...to bear the name of an individual. This tree is shaken on the night of the 15th of Ramadan every year a little after sunset, when the leaves on which ... ... to torment: But warn thy relatives of nearer kin, 21 And kindly lower thy wing over the faithful who follow thee. And if they disobey thee, then say:... ...me of the unbelievers: afflict not thyself on their account, and lower thy wing to the faithful. 19 And SAY: I am the only plain-spoken warner. We wil... ...ld they not the birds over their heads, outstretching and drawing in their wings? None, save the God of Mercy, upholdeth them: for he regardeth all th... ...h, 3, 20. 212 The Koran 11 Comp. in Heb. Isai. liii. 3. 12 Lit. lower a wing of humility. 13 Comp. Sura [lxxxix.] vi. 151; lxxxi. 8, p. 45. Zaid, ... ...he Bush, which, according to Ex. iii., was the real occasion. 12 Lit. thy wing. 13 Lit. kindle upon the clay. Comp. [lxxviii.] xl. 38-49. “He (Phara...

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...o see what he can do in the way of mischief to an elusive cheva- lier with wings. But that opens too wide a discussion for me to enter upon now. MY FI... ...the whole, however, modern socialism tends to fall towards the Constructor wing. So, too, do those various movements in England and Germany and France... ...e by coming down and capitulating. It will be a trifling counter- shock to wing an aeroplane or so, or blow a torpedo-boat out of the water. Our Dread... ...ucts of the individual affections. I find in the London New Age for August 15th, 1908, a description by Mr. Jerome K. Jerome of “John Smith,” the aver... ...ess to the land, the reptiles, the theriomorpha and the dinosaurs, the bat-winged reptiles of the Mesozoic forests, the colossal grotesque first mam- ...

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...low had been struck, and he had borne it. His cruel goddess had shaken her wings and fled: and left him alone and friendless, but virtute sua. And he ... ...other and sister were the most beautiful couple ever seen; though after he winged away from the maternal nest this pair were seldom together. Sitting ... ...h her. What a fool am I to be dallying about this passion, and singeing my wings in this foolish flame. Wings!—why not say crutches? ‘There is but eig... ...line, and doing severe damage among our horse especially, and on our right wing of Imperialists under the Prince of Savoy, who could neither advance h... ...d with the aid of some bits of tobacco-pipe showed the advance of the left wing, where he had been engaged. A sheet or two of the verses lay already o... ...during that time of his vanity and triumph. ’Twas but three days after the 15th of November, 1712 (Esmond minds him well of the date), that he went by...