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...This story of Santa Claus veers away slightly from the traditional stories of his beginnings. L. Frank Baum creates a world of fantasy that surrounds Santa Claus's life. Orphaned at an infant he is found by the nymph Necile, who convinces ...

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...Is There A Santa Claus? was the headline that appeared over an editorial in the September 21, 1897 edition of the New York Sun . The editorial, which included the response of Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus, has become an indelibl...

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...This wonderful children’s short story tells all about the youth, manhood and old age of Santa Claus and how he became immortal. (Introduction by jedopi)...

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... Series by Father Brennan. This volume consists of 28 charming selections with titles such as Six Red Roses, The Three Little Angels, A Surprise From Santa Claus and The Boy Who Dusted the Devil's Tail. (Summary by Maria Therese)...

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...From the cave man to Santa Claus; spies, know-it-alls, and journalists: all are fair game for Leacock’s special brand of humor. He touches on the changes time has brought about in the city, education, and work habits. Among the other topics in th...

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...ing the pictures that the children can look at if being read to. Whether you want to learn about the first Christmas, when Jesus was born, or when Santa was first recognized for the gift bringer that he is known for today. You will also learn about Rudolph and his story, as well as Frosty our faithful snowman that comes back year after year when it snows. In this boo...

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...'We know the big jolly elf who wears a red suit, black boots and has a snowy white beard as Santa Claus. He sets off from the North Pole every Christmas Eve, where he lives with the elves and Mrs Claus, in his sleigh pulled by his team of faithful reindeer and lands softly on the roofs of houses and then magically ...

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...CHRISTMAS TREE, 21 HOW FAITHFUL ARE THY BRANCHES! 21 O CHRISTMAS TREE, O CHRISTMAS TREE, 21 THE HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS CARDS 22 CHRISTMAS GIFTS 25 SANTA CLAUS 28 RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER 31 THE STORY OF FROSTY THE SNOWMAN 34 GINGERBREAD 37 ...

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...romise you, I’ll get you off the hook. Trust me.” “Yeah. Right. If you do, I’ll call you Santa Claus.” “Hang in there. Tomorrow’s another day,” Br... ... you, I’ll get you off the hook. Trust me.” “Yeah. Right. If you do, I’ll call you Santa Claus.” “Hang in there. Tomorrow’s another day,” Brand sa... ...san. “This may not be a good time, but your husband’s body was delivered to a mortuary in Santa Monica. I know an isolated place in Malibu where the ... ...quick shower he dressed, and walked out into the fresh salt air that was floating in from Santa Monica Bay. The sun filtered sunlight over the mount... ...now,” he grumbled. Nolan ignored his comment. “I want you to drive down to the Center in Santa Monica. It’s urgent, or I wouldn’t have called.” “... ...ER 18 Bettlemen pulled into the parking lot of the National Rehab Center. The hot Santa Ana winds’ were blistering in as he crossed the almo...

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... 100 pounds overweight and had a beard down to his chest, al- most like a Santa Claus from hell, stepped forward. He was fac- ing Vincent, standing a... ...pounds overweight and had a beard down to his chest, al- most like a Santa Claus from hell, stepped forward. He was fac- ing Vincent, standing about f... ...o, Mr. Stone-Age. Virtual keys. Fortunately for all of you, I ignored the clause in my contract that said ‘forget everything you just did’,” Josh sm...

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...nd and so her mother unhesitatingly told her that there was no such thing as Santa Claus. Gabriele saw her mother smile sadly. She sensed a kindness ... ... so her mother unhesitatingly told her that there was no such thing as Santa Claus. Gabriele saw her mother smile sadly. She sensed a kindness in thi... ... baby, you are, but now you are a bit wiser, eh? You know the situation with Santa. Life is going to be full of sobering face slappings like that .I a... ...of yours thoroughly. WellﾁEnow, you are wiser for knowing the situation with Santa so I can tell you things, eh? You have a wiser and smarter brain th... ...rget practice but she stood stiffly not feeling a thing accept the demise of Santa Claus. "Christmas is so lovely with everyone being together, don't ... ...ractice but she stood stiffly not feeling a thing accept the demise of Santa Claus. "Christmas is so lovely with everyone being together, don't you th... ...n the kitten's face. Some things are the way they are. No wishing will bring Santa Claus into existence and wishing won't stop new things from happeni... ...kitten's face. Some things are the way they are. No wishing will bring Santa Claus into existence and wishing won't stop new things from happening. Yo... ... hypothesis that her mother was mistaken in saying that there wasn't a Santa Claus. She had formulated this hypothesis erroneously by the evidence of...

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...y, on the south slope of Mt. Hollywood, to admire his city. From downtown to Santa Monica, from Glendale to the harbor, out past Hollywood over Palos... ...e that is already here.” -- “Wow commander, you sound like Plato, Santa Claus and Mother Theresa rolled into one. But I doubt that you ar... ... is already here.” -- “Wow commander, you sound like Plato, Santa Claus and Mother Theresa rolled into one. But I doubt that you are alon...

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...e in the ‗big bad wolf?‘ Why do children in the West generally believe in Santa Claus, Father Christmas, or some other jolly elf that brings presents... ...he ‗big bad wolf?‘ Why do children in the West generally believe in Santa Claus, Father Christmas, or some other jolly elf that brings presents at Ch... ...so they believe. Then one day the parents say ‗April fool!—there ain‘t no Santa Claus.‘‖ —―Don‘t you mean ‗December fool?‘ But seriously, i... ...y believe. Then one day the parents say ‗April fool!—there ain‘t no Santa Claus.‘‖ —―Don‘t you mean ‗December fool?‘ But seriously, it is c... ...sapiens. With which myths and stories should we saddle our children? Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the wolf who ate Red Ridin... ...s. With which myths and stories should we saddle our children? Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the wolf who ate Red Riding Hood... ...arliest sources of ‗absolute truth.‘ This is where we learn to believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. --Mothers tell daughters that the way ... ...t sources of ‗absolute truth.‘ This is where we learn to believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. --Mothers tell daughters that the way to a m... ...abdominal cavity. ―Our parents convince us of the existence of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the tooth fairy. By the time we are 10 w...

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...laces by an attorney or an individual who is called an abstractor. Acceleration clause A clause in a contract that provides that if a payment is mi... ...ement, then the contract is fully due and payable immediately. This is a typical clause in a loan contract; miss one payment and the agreement to pa... ...er and may charge a fee for the assumption. Some mortgages contain a due-on-sale clause, which means that the mortgage may not be assumed by the new... ...ortgage A loan neither insured by the FHA nor guaranteed by the V A. Conversion Clause A provision in some ARMs that allows you to change the ARM t... ...x Stamps Stamps, affixed to a deed, showing the amount of transfer tax. Dragnet Clause A clause in a mortgage or deed or trust that places the real... ...Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai, Yuma Lillian R. Villanova 112 Arkansas: T... ...n Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, S... ...kaloosa, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Sumter, Suwan... ...inley, Mora, Otero, Quay, Rio Arriba, Roosevelt, San Juan, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Sierra, Socorro, Taos, Torrance, Union, Valencia New Y...

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...ight be able to this year.” “No, you won’t,” Jake said. “I’m going to play Santa Claus, if you’ll let me. Nicole has plans for Christmas Day so she wa... ...e able to this year.” “No, you won’t,” Jake said. “I’m going to play Santa Claus, if you’ll let me. Nicole has plans for Christmas Day so she wants me... ..., holding up a rect- angular package in red foil paper. “It’s from ‘Secret Santa’.” “Oh, I’ve got one just the same,” said Lisa. Soon, Jake joined the... ...them, and the opening began. Lisa and Jana instinctively put their ‘Secret Santa’ packages aside for the end. They opened their boxes of sweaters and ... ...ctantly to see what Julian got. Julian opened an envelope from his ‘Secret Santa’. Inside was a subscription to Mountain Bike Magazine and another for...

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...on Pg 1335 Whitewashing Pg 1343 Universal signs of Good and Evil Pg 1355 Santa Claus and Christmas Pg 1365 Charles Dickens Pg 1385 Disease ... ... 1335 Whitewashing Pg 1343 Universal signs of Good and Evil Pg 1355 Santa Claus and Christmas Pg 1365 Charles Dickens Pg 1385 Disease Pg 138... ...ome back with reddened eyes; this merely means that you didn't notice that the Santa Ana winds were pushing all the smog out to sea. If you come bac... ... lie? Their first years are filled with nothing but lies. The Easter bunny: Santa Claus. Fairy tales. Peter Pan. They told how wonderful and how... ... Their first years are filled with nothing but lies. The Easter bunny: Santa Claus. Fairy tales. Peter Pan. They told how wonderful and how beaut... ...ll the rights of a living-breathing human being. Corporations have used this clause from everything such as refusing to allow the EPA to inspect it... ...ures are screaming at us all the time. We choose not to listen to them. Santa Claus and Christmas What was the original meaning of Santa Cla... ...re screaming at us all the time. We choose not to listen to them. Santa Claus and Christmas What was the original meaning of Santa Claus? S... ... Santa Claus and Christmas What was the original meaning of Santa Claus? Santa… is the oldest Catholic European word signifying sanctification...

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...and nesting.‖ —―When I got my Corvette in college I had my pick of the sorority girls. And my buddy, with his penthouse overlooking the Santa ... ... northern areas not many people don their bikinis in January to expose themselves to some sun between the snowflakes. So those who dwell near Santa ... ...ern areas not many people don their bikinis in January to expose themselves to some sun between the snowflakes. So those who dwell near Santa Claus ... ...bia or a fear of heights, acrophobia; because a business might be in a tall building. They might develop a fear of being in a confined space, claust...

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...and yet that there are many rules that should be observed. There are 8,400 clauses altogether. I have tried to teach them, but I can't guarantee the r... ...st, you must study so you understand Buddha's teachings. There are certain clauses that must be studied first. Then Chaua Wat (head monk of the temple... ...k must observe. The most important are 10 initially, and later another 227 clauses are added. They are in Pali or Sanskrit.Anovice is only given the f... ...ot very interested in studying them. Usually monks don't even know all the clauses. Monks are lazy, of 200 monks, only one knows all the commandments.... ...ey can be read through in about 37 minutes. The record for reading all 227 clauses is 29 minutes, second best is 37 minutes, and third 45 minutes. Mon... ...uring Anthropology: Working in Present. School of American Research Press, Santa Fe. — 1996 Modernity at Large. Cultural Dimensions of Globalization...

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... a 120 J.Cross/Artemis Partnership Alliance instead, with several escape clauses attached. The talk of another Russian revolution was gathering... ... he wasn’t the 293 J.Cross/Artemis president. He yearned to feel the hot Santa Ana winds sweep through the valleys of Southern California, and ...

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...e manner of our yong gallants of France) to report how many the Church of Santa Rotonda is in length or breadth, or what rich garments the curtezan ... ... or five yeares learning to understand bare words, and to joine them into clauses, then as long in proportioning a great bodie extended into foure o... ...ave lost againe theirs. I have a song made by a prisoner, wher ein is this clause, 'Let them boldly come altogether, and flocks in multitudes, to fee... ... him the curious care he had of a certaine long cadence at the end of his clauses, and noted these words, esse videatur, which he so often useth. As ... ...search of those who sought to abolish it, by reason of five or sixe vaine clauses contrary to our beleefe. They have also had this easily to affoord... ...gels or a horses conscience, but as of a mans conscience. Adding ever this clause, not of ceremonie, but of true and essentiall submission; that I sp...

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...nce of his peculiar fa- therland. Get an American lady to read to you “How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar,” and see how much is, under her tongue, ... ... his peculiar fa- therland. Get an American lady to read to you “How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar,” and see how much is, under her tongue, left o...

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... the applause, the effects of the fertiliser. Annixter shouted: “Nice eye, Santa Claus.” But Annixter’s attention wandered. He searched for Hilma Tree... ...pplause, the effects of the fertiliser. Annixter shouted: “Nice eye, Santa Claus.” But Annixter’s attention wandered. He searched for Hilma Tree, havi... ...assed by fresh posses starting out to continue the pursuit. The sheriff of Santa Clara County sent down his bloodhounds from San Jose—small, harmless-... ... with them a month’s provi- sions and two of the bloodhounds loaned by the Santa Clara sheriff. On a certain Sunday, a few days after the departure of... ...s. There, under his eyes, scare- headed, double-leaded, the more important clauses printed in bold type, was the detailed account of the “deal” Magnus...

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...rted concerning him. After that fam- ily prayers were never read without a clause for Missionaries, ‘especially the absent member of this family.’ He ... ...l, two small, and one a volcano in full action. He called the large island Santa Cruz, and fancied the na- tives of the same race he had seen in Bauro... ...s in Patteson’s mind, as he shows by his journal, as the lovely scenery of Santa Cruz rose on him. The people came out in canoes with quantities of ya... ...s. They spoke a few words of Maori, but wore their hair like the people of Santa Cruz, and resembled them in the char- acter of their ornaments and in... ...armlets, ear-rings and nose-rings of bone and tortoiseshell.’ Returning to Santa Cruz, a large supply of the produce was obtained by barter, but the p... ...s, Mota or Sugarloaf Island, an equally descriptive name; Star Island, and Santa Maria. These places were to become of great importance to the Mission... ...e unknown? Consequently, the contrivances for stringing together dependent clauses don’t exist. Then some wiseacre of an 18th or 19th century Ger- man...

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...annot. Inherited with life, Belief but once can be; Annihilate a single clause, And Being ’s beggary. 71 CXX I HAD a daily bliss I ... ... Reviewed it with my eyes, T o see that I made no mistake In its extremest clause,— The date, and manner of the shame; And then the pious form That “G... ...my stocking hung too high, Would it blur the Christmas glee, That not a Santa Claus could reach The altitude of me? But this sort grieved myself... ...cking hung too high, Would it blur the Christmas glee, That not a Santa Claus could reach The altitude of me? But this sort grieved myself, and ...

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... I will thank you to bring. Aggy! remember that there will be a visit from Santa Claus* to-night.” *The periodical visits of St. Nicholas, or Santa Cl... ...l thank you to bring. Aggy! remember that there will be a visit from Santa Claus* to-night.” *The periodical visits of St. Nicholas, or Santa Claus, a... ...’t remember to have seen him before?” The black recollected the hint about Santa Claus; and, while he briefly explained how they had taken up the pers... ...ember to have seen him before?” The black recollected the hint about Santa Claus; and, while he briefly explained how they had taken up the person in ... ...negro’ s fears in some measure vanished, and he remembered the stocking of Santa Claus. After a gulp or two, he made out to reply; 47 James Fenimore ... ... s fears in some measure vanished, and he remembered the stocking of Santa Claus. After a gulp or two, he made out to reply; 47 James Fenimore Cooper...

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...chman; you believe in the command- ments of the Church, I am an atheist.” “Santa Virgen del Pilar! you are an atheist!” cried the other, laying a hand... ... You can go into partnership on the strength of those samples, inserting a clause to protect your- selves in case the conditions of the patent are not... ...ard and the firm of Cointet Brothers, subject to the following conditional clauses and stipulations.” One of the clauses so drafted that David Sechard... ... within the year; the tall Cointet was particularly careful to insert that clause, and David Sechard allowed it to pass. When Petit-Claud appeared wit... ...notice to appoint an arbitrator to settle dis- putes, in accordance with a clause in the agreement. The Cointets demanded that the six thousand francs...

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...red-mustached bachelor, opinionated atheist, general-store arguer, cynical Santa Claus. Children loved him, and he sneaked away from work to tell them... ...stached bachelor, opinionated atheist, general-store arguer, cynical Santa Claus. Children loved him, and he sneaked away from work to tell them impro... ...cognizance of demands for sled-rides, for opinions upon the exist- ence of Santa Claus. She remembered him reading out a long indictment of himself fo... ...ance of demands for sled-rides, for opinions upon the exist- ence of Santa Claus. She remembered him reading out a long indictment of himself for bein... ...en, two years ago. When Kennicott boasted, “We went through the mission at Santa Bar- bara,” Harry broke in, “Yeh, that’s an interesting old mis- sion... ...rooms were made just like these old mon- asteries. Juanita and I went from Santa Barbara to San Luis Obispo. You folks go to San Luis Obispo?” “No, bu...

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... he finally put an end to his misery by drowning himself. Presently we passed the place where a man of better odor was born. This was the children’s f... ...nally put an end to his misery by drowning himself. Presently we passed the place where a man of better odor was born. This was the children’s friend,...

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...; nothing about that deadly skrimmage with the Spaniard afore the altar in Santa?— heard nothing about that, eh? Nothing about the silver cala- bash h... ...very learned man, professor of Low Dutch and High German in the college of Santa Claus and St. Pott’s, to whom I handed the work for translation, givi... ...earned man, professor of Low Dutch and High German in the college of Santa Claus and St. Pott’s, to whom I handed the work for translation, giving him...

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...; nothing about that deadly skrimmage with the Spaniard afore the altar in Santa? — heard nothing about that, eh? Nothing about the silver calabash he... ...very learned man, professor of Low Dutch and High German in the college of Santa Claus and St. Pott’s, to whom I handed the work for translation, givi... ...earned man, professor of Low Dutch and High German in the college of Santa Claus and St. Pott’s, to whom I handed the work for translation, giving him...

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..., he was made Duc de Piney by new letters patent, dating from 1662, with a clause which left his pre- tensions to the title of 1581 by no means affect... ... the Pater, she replied, yes, but that she passed by without saying it the clause respecting pardon for our enemies. She did not like her kinsfolk, th... ...s, and that Madame de Saint- Simon should not see her at all; which latter clause we agreed to very unwillingly, but there was no remedy. As I wished ... ...e agreed with M. du Maine and to bring again before all eyes the monstrous clauses of a codicil, drawn from a dy- ing prince; clauses much more strang... ...gain without authorisation by edict or decree of council. I dic- tated the clause to him; he looked at the company as though questioning all eyes. “Y ... ...by three valets (never changed) and by the Duc del Arco, or the Marquis de Santa Cruz, and after by both, nobody else ever being present at the ceremo... ...his coach with the Duc de Ponoli and the Marquis del Surco, the Marquis de Santa Cruz, the Duc Giovenazzo, majordomo, major and grand ecuyer to the Qu...

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...back (as most of our young monsieurs do) an account only of how many paces Santa Rotonda—[The Pantheon of Agrippa.]— is in circuit; or of the richness... ...ept four or five years to learn words only, and to tack them together into clauses; as many more to form them into a long discourse, divided into four...

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... be sure that the group of words that precedes the colon is an independent clause: “I like the three most popular sports: baseball, basketball, and bo... ...dils.” Colons are also used as coordinate conjunctions between independent clauses when a second clause is a subset of the first clause: “Professor Sm... ...oin words and is a coordinate conjunction. We use them to join independent clauses as in “Professor O’Donnell teaches the Women’s Studies course; she ... ... day . Christmas morning we wake up bright and early to open presents from Santa Claus. When the presents are all opened we go to my grandparents to e... ... Christmas morning we wake up bright and early to open presents from Santa Claus. When the presents are all opened we go to my grandparents to eat din... ...ickets in the past month.” Notice that there are three clearly independent clauses in the example. Sometimes students assume that this is an example o...

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...hings fall into sentences – they only sprawl over the paper in bald orphan clauses. Then I was about in the af- ternoon with Baxter; and we had a good... ...eploring as I do much of the action of the Trades Unions, these conspiracy clauses 47 The Letters of R. L. Stevenson: V ol. 1 and the whole partialit... ...y down and kicked for three days; I was up at an Angora goat-ranche in the Santa Lucia Moun- tains, nursed by an old frontiers-man, a mighty hunter of... ...of surprise when they were presented next morning. It gave us both quite a Santa Claus feeling on Xmas Eve to see him so excited and hopeful; I enjoye... ...prise when they were presented next morning. It gave us both quite a Santa Claus feeling on Xmas Eve to see him so excited and hopeful; I enjoyed it h... ... to sign myself, sir – Yours, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. N.B. – Each of these clauses has to be read with extreme glibness, coming down whack upon the ‘S...

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...k upon the time they believed in fairies. He had never believed in fairies nor Santa Claus; but he had believed implicitly in the smiling future his i... ... the time they believed in fairies. He had never believed in fairies nor Santa Claus; but he had believed implicitly in the smiling future his imagina... ... Company, who adjudged him an incorrigible. The Company had plantations on the Santa Cruz Islands, hundreds of miles across the sea, and there it sent... ...es. And there Mauki was sent, though he never arrived. The schooner stopped at Santa Anna, and in the night Mauki swam ashore, where he stole two rifle... ...hen he attempted the passage, he was caught by a light gale and driven back to Santa Anna, where the trader clapped him in irons and held him against ... ...ader clapped him in irons and held him against the return of the schooner from Santa Cruz. The two rifles the trader recovered, but the case of tobacco...

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...f the forlorn sabot laid trustingly by the chim- ney in expectation of the Santa Claus that was not, takes us fairly by the throat; there is nothing i... ...forlorn sabot laid trustingly by the chim- ney in expectation of the Santa Claus that was not, takes us fairly by the throat; there is nothing in Shak... ...e consummation, it is the theory of the former that is arid, abstract, and claustral. Of these two philosophies so nearly identical at bottom, the one... ...y by perspiring editors over the loss of a cock-boat or the rejection of a clause, and nothing is heard that is not 170 Robert Louis Stevenson procla...

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... be as complete an air of repose about her as if she had been a picture of Santa Barbara look- ing out from her tower into the clear air; but these in... ...ntly thought necessary on such occasions, when the painter said, “It is as Santa Clara that I want you to stand—leaning so, with your cheek against yo... ...another sitting could be had, it was granted for the morrow. On the morrow Santa Clara too was retouched more than once. The result of all was so far ... ...ted, but listened to with more or less attention by an audience above. The Santa Clara, which was spoken of in the second place, Naumann declared hims... ...ld not, in conscience, engage to make a worthy picture of it; so about the Santa Clara the arrangement was conditional. I will not dwell on Naumann’s ... ... fact, terms which it would not become me to repeat.” In uttering the last clause, Mr. Casaubon leaned over the elbow of his chair, and swayed his hea... ...ding herself by marrying him.” Sir James made little stoppages between his clauses, the words not coming easily. “A man so marked out by her husband’s...

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... be as complete an air of repose about her as if she had been a picture of Santa Barbara looking out from her tower into the clear air; but these inte... ...ntly thought necessary on such occasions, when the painter said, “It is as Santa Clara that I want you to stand— leaning so, with your cheek against y... ...another sitting could be had, it was granted for the morrow. On the morrow Santa Clara too was retouched more than once. The result of all was so far ... ...ted, but listened to with more or less attention by an audience above. The Santa Clara, which was spoken of in the second place, Naumann declared hims... ...ence, engage to make a worthy Middlemarch 175 picture of it; so about the Santa Clara the arrangement was conditional. I will not dwell on Naumann’s ... ... fact, terms which it would not become me to repeat.” In uttering the last clause, Mr. Casaubon leaned over the elbow of his chair, and swayed his hea... ... ing herself by marrying him.” Sir James made little stoppages between his clauses, the words not coming easily. “A man so marked out by her husband’s...

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...land, unless the right to it had been conveyed to the latter by an express clause in his charter. It was put upon the same footing with gold and silve... ...upon the same footing with gold and silver mines, which, without a special clause in the charter, were never supposed to be comprehended in the genera... ... practice of inserting into their bank notes, what they called an optional clause; by which they promised payment to the bearer, either as soon as the... ...directors of some of those banks sometimes took advantage of this optional clause, and sometimes threatened those who demanded gold and silver in exch... ...ressed ten and five shilling bank notes, suppressed likewise this optional clause, and thereby re- stored the exchange between England and Scotland to... ...ell under the dominion of the English. The small islands of St. Thomas and Santa Cruz, are the only countries in the new world that have ever been pos...