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The Zohar: Annotations to the Ashlag Commentary

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...reated as a result of a Zivug of the four foundations with Malchut: gold, silver, copper and iron. All of these names, as well as many others, are u... ...ng to Chaf’s fall from the throne, two hundred thousand worlds that origi- nate from Hochma and Bina of the world of Beria, as well as the worlds belo... ...Here is that idol, its head made of pure gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass, its shins of iron, and its feet... ...ts head made of pure gold (the first Kingdom), its breast and its arms of silver (the second Kingdom), its belly and its thighs of brass (the third ... ..., as the prophet said: “Then, at once, the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold all crumbled to pieces and became like the chaff on s...

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...r 1986) 12 Austria Natural resources: bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, silver, uranium, nickel, tung- sten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds,... ...$1 (1985) Natural resources: coal Agriculture: livestock production predomi- nates; main crops grains, sugar beets, flax, potatoes, other vegetables, ... ... Natural resources: tin, natural gas, petro- leum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron ore Agriculture: main crops potatoes, corn, rice, sugarcane,... ...(continued) Botswana Exports: $673 million (f.o.b., 1985); tin, natural gas, silver, tungsten, zinc, anti- mony, lead, bismuth, gold, coffee, sugar, c... ...ly); judicial local courts administer customary law, High Court and subordi- nate courts have criminal jurisdiction over all residents, Court of Appea... ...86) Natural resources: nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, silver, fish, forests, wildlife Agriculture: livestock, grains (principal... ...t Official name: Republic of Colombia Type: republic; executive branch domi- nates government structure Capital: Bogota Administrative divisions: 23 d... ...olled), Hong Kong and Kowloon Trade Union Council (Nationalist Chinese domi- nated), Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, Chinese General Chamber of... ...ckel, zinc, wolfram, fluorspar, gold Agriculture: livestock raising predomi- nates; wheat, oats, barley Major industries: processing of animal product...

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...after graduation. Sayre was class treas- urer in his freshman year, alter- nate on last year's debating team against Dartmouth, and a member of the te... ... Theodore B. Starr riadison Square, New Yoric Diamoml WIercliant, Jeweler, Silversmitti „„Statiooer,...' Sterling .Silverware of all kinds Hand-Wrough... ...lversmitti „„Statiooer,...' Sterling .Silverware of all kinds Hand-Wrought Silver Society Stationery for all functions wToTadams"^ /ce Cream and Confe... ...Thursdays, GILBERT HAXWELL Wholesale & Retail Dealer in Lamps of all kinds Silver PlatedWare Crockery Pottery and BrIc-a-Brac Telephone 21-5 58 Main S... ...p. Theodore B. Starr riadison Square, New York Diamond Merctiant, Jeweler, Silversmitli ....Stationer,,.. Sterling Silverware of all kinds Hand-Wrough... ...em of honor is unnecessary. This is highly ideal, to be sure. But unfortu- nately honoris capable of so many gradations, even among gentle- men, that ... ...'08 and Palmer 'Oy. The use of the gym- nasium has been secured for alter- nate Monday evenings. Thirty men responded to the call for track candidates... ... to any e.\teiit to the Itjjrel of practice. The majority of un- ilergrail nates, we are certain. realize that it i^ incumbent iipun them to suppiiit ... ...ur - 697.55 ants 210.50 Umpires 170.00 Loan Balance paid to grad- 2,184.67 nate treasnrer 357.05 190.63 36.30 170.00 $8,990.41 ^\o.41 Signed. Eugene M...

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Jockeys and Jewels

By: Bev Pettersen

...le and scrubbed at her saddle with a mangled toothbrush. Her purple shirt and silver belt were festive, but her dark scowl dampened the effect. He ... ... gold letters had peeled from the sign, leaving its name unreadable. Assorted silver jewelry was displayed in the window, but steel bars blocked his ... ...a security system. He stared through the window, scanning the pattern on the silver. Designs focused on the city’s western heritage—lots of chuck w... ...rom the back room. Her pink shirt was tucked into shapeless beige slacks, and silver jewelry matched the type on display. 'Betty', her nametag read. ... ...ly. “Maybe something with a stone.” “I’m sorry, sir. We don’t sell those. Our silversmith designs all the pieces here, but he doesn’t set stones.” S... ...y congratulations. Your young horse ran well tonight. Oh, by the way, this is Nate.” She grabbed a man in red suspenders and a tailored suit, tuggin... ...man in red suspenders and a tailored suit, tugging him to her side. “Hello,” Nate said, shaking Kurt’s hand. “Tiffany insisted we use your entry in ... ...led the waiter and ordered two hamburger specials. Tiffany stepped closer. “Nate is just a banking friend,” she whispered. “I really had a good ti...

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Chicago Manual of Style

By: University of Chicago

...ords; always put a comma before "etc.": Tom, Dick, and Hany; either copper, silver, or gold; "He was equally familiar with Homer, and Shakspere, and... ...ritten before the publication of Spencer's book.-EDITOR.] "These [the free-silver Democrats] asserted that the present artificial ratio can be main... ...ter, rare-ly-rarely. 200. Never let more than two consecutive lines termi- nate in a hyphen, if at all avoidable. The next to the last line in a pa... ...mma ~n connec- tion with, 132. Algebraic formulae: letters used to dcsig- nate unknown quantities in. 57; spacing of, 254. . . AKpmot, quotation ... ..., and abstract ideas, personi6ed. ?a; of nouns and adjectiys used to desu- nate the Supreme Bang or anymember of the Tnnity 21; d organizations an...

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The Future of the Internet : And How to Stop It

By: Jonathan Zittrain

.... 102. Philippe Biondi & Fabrice Desclaux, Presentation at Black Hat Europe: Silver Needle in the Skype 95 (Mar. 2–3, 2006). For slides, see http://bl... ... 28–31 (2004). 91. Such a scenario need not be hypothetical. See, e.g., Ken Silverstein, The Radioactive Boy Scout, H’ M., Nov. 1998, at 59 (... ...it for more instantaneous forms of messaging. Notes to Pages 133–37 290 See Nate Anderson, Teens: E-mail Is for Old People, A T, Oct. 2, 200...

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Essays

By: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

...reformed because I know him to have used household implements of gold and silver, according as the condition of his fortune gave him leave. I rather... ...t argento conflatus, totus et auro. -- Tibul. i. El. vii. 71. All made of silver fine, All gold pure from the mine Doth he not forthwith lose the re... ...ules devised this one, that none of them, upon paine to forfeit a marke of silver for every time offending, should ever ride either mule or mulet; as... ...e-tree gold, the wheeles whole circle gold, The ranke of raies did all of silver hold. You would say, we have the Coach-makers, Carpenters, and Paint... ...h he loved to see them richly armed, and made them weare gilt, graven and silvered armours, that their care to keepe them cleane and bright might ma... ...imius oris, Quem puer arridens, pretioso stamine serum Velavit, nudasque nates ac terga reliquit, Ludibrium mensis. -- CLAUD. Eutrop. 1. i. 803. ...

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The Lady of the Lake

By: William J. Rolfe

...still and mute! And when the midnight moon should lave Her forehead in the silver wave, How solemn on the ear would come The holy matins’ distant hum,... ... and slow, The beach of pebbles bright as snow. The boat had touched this silver strand Just as the Hunter left his stand, And stood concealed amid t... ...ugh upon her speech there hung The accents of the mountain tongue,— Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear! XIX.... ... birch-trees wept in fragrant balm; The aspens slept beneath the calm; The silver light, with quivering glance, Played on the water’s still expanse,— ... ...and banks of T weed, Where the lone streams of Ettrick glide, And from the silver T eviot’s side; The dales, where martial clans did ride, Are now one... ...of making Nature anywise subordinate to himself, he makes himself subordi- nate to her—follows her lead simply—does not venture to bring his own cares...

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Billy Budd

By: Herman Melville

...ghout the interview Captain Vere’s voice was far from high, and Claggart’s silvery and low; and the wind in the cordage and the wash of the sea helped... ...? No more trying situation is conceivable than that of an officer subordi- nate under a Captain whom he suspects to be, not mad indeed, but yet not qu... ... sea at the time; and the moon, newly risen and near to being at its full, silvered the white spar-deck wherever not blotted by the clear-cut shadows ... ...c stroke from for- ward. It was four o’clock in the morning. Instantly the silver whistles were heard summoning all hands to wit- ness punishment. Up ... ...rough the port comes the moon-shine astray! It tips the guard’s cutlas and silvers this nook; But ‘twill die in the dawning of Billy’s last day. A jew...

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Treasure Island

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...y, a sharer in his alarms. He had taken me aside one day and promised me a silver fourpenny on the first of every month if I would only keep my “weath... ... you know I’ve been always good to you. Never a month but I’ve given you a silver fourpenny for yourself. And now you see, mate, I’m pretty low, and d... ...co, 22 Treasure Island two brace of very handsome pistols, a piece of bar silver, an old Spanish watch and some other trinkets of little value and mo... ...nd hunted life. In the meantime, we had found nothing of any value but the silver and the trinkets, and neither of these were in our way. Underneath t... ...raction more than was due to her and was obsti- 23 Robert Louis Stevenson nately unwilling to be content with less. It was not yet seven, she said, b... ... had actually been taken away except the captain’s money- bag and a little silver from the till, I could see at once that we were ruined. Mr. Dance co... ... once, but in the meantime I had taken another notion and become so obsti- nately fond of it that I would have carried it out, I believe, in the teeth... ... other world, and may be watching us.” “Ah!” says he. “Well, that’s unfort’nate—appears as if kill- ing parties was a waste of time. Howsomever, sperr...

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The French Revolution a History Volume Three

By: Thomas Carlyle

...r Villaumes, mother and daughter, Milliners in the Rue St.-Martin, give ‘a silver thimble, and a coin of fifteen sous (sevenpence halfpenny),’ with ot... ...ultitudes were left unmolested: but, as we said, some four hundred, desig- nated as ‘persons suspect, ’ were seized; and an unspeakable 19 Thomas Car... ...ger has only ‘three sous a day:’ the very Emigrants, it is said, will take silver-plate,—by way of re- venge. Clermont, Sainte-Menehould, Varennes esp... ...turnkey, with a torch, lighted them; he pointed to the bed of the unfortu- nate Swiss, Reding. Reding spoke with a dying voice. One of them paused; bu... ... the elegant carriages of the Emigrants, many-coloured, lackered, gilt and silvered, evi- dently by the best builders, caught your eye. (See Hermann a... ...ngpot, to make cannon. Censers and all sacred vessels are beaten broad; of silver, they are fit for the poverty-stricken Mint; of pewter, let them bec... ...s their heaped plunder,—ciboriums, suns, can- delabras, plates of gold and silver.’ (Mercier, iv. 134. See Moniteur, Seance du 10 Novembre.) The Addre...

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Theological Essays and Other Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

...anquets, where, out of tureens filled to the brim with—nothings the fortu- nate guest was helped to vast messes of—air. For a hungry guest to take thi... ... bear to be mixed up in any common charge together with low people, abomi- nates such words as ‘sin,’ and wills that the parson should confine his ‘ob... ...ely and unerringly recognised; or if those were not thought advisable, the silver ankle-bells, with their melodious chimes—the sandals, with their jew... ...g the fair supporter to any disagreeable expense of Hebrew or Chaldee. The silver bells alone would ‘bear the bell’ from every competitor in the room;... ... make the inner ends meet or flow into each other. III. Ear-rings of gold, silver, inferior metals, or even horn, were worn by the Hebrew women in all... ...s we collect from the Thalmud, Part VI. 43, the Jewish ladies wore gold or silver pendants, of which the upper part was shaped like a lentil, and the ... ...ven in the oldest ages, it was a practice amongst them to suspend gold and silver rings, not merely from the lower, but also from the upper end of the... ...habitu- ally. No laws of classification are so false as those which origi- nate in human scurrility. Aldermen, until very lately, were by an old tradi...

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The Prince and the Pauper

By: Mark Twain

...thing changed, from his ruff to his stockings. He was pres- ently conducted with much state to a spacious and or- nate apartment, where a table was al... ...with cloth-of- gold and arras embroidered with coats-of-arms; others with silken flags that had numberless little silver bells fastened to them, which... ...troop of halberdiers. ‘They were dressed in striped hose of black and tawny, velvet caps graced at the sides with silver roses, and doublets of murrey... ... in a ‘doublet of black cloth-of-gold, and a cloak of crimson satin flowered with gold, and ribanded with nets of silver. ’ He turned, doffed his plum... ...here was a line of bonfires stretching as far as one could see, up and down the Thames; London Bridge was illumi- nated; Southwark Bridge likewise; th... ...ets of crimson velvet, voyded low on the back and before to the cannell-bone, laced on the breasts with chains of silver; and over that, short cloaks ... ...or crimes committed against the peace and dignity of the realm. Death—and a violent death—for these poor unfortu- nates! The thought wrung Tom’s heart... ...ves the word o’ command! Let me—’sh! What noise was that?” All this while the little King had been yonder, alter- nately quaking with terror and tremb... ...ain “’Tis a poor ignorant lad, and mayhap was driven hard by hunger, for these be grievous times for the unfortu- nate; mark you, he hath not an evil ...

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Miscellaneous Essays

By: Thomas de Quincey

... duties, as he had possessed himself of a ducatoon and a small quantity of silver, together with a silver-hafted knife, and had absconded with his pil... ...me circumstances. He had amassed a consider- 25 able quantity of gold and silver plate, which was for some time deposited in his bed-room at his pars... ...carlet!) whilst inspecting professionally the buckles, the straps, and the silver turrets of his harness, than I raised Miss Fanny’s hand to my lips, ... ...dings were brought into a still more exquisite state of unity, by a slight silvery mist, motionless and dreamy, that covered the woods and fields, but... ... meal (with refer- ence to both Nos 1 and 2) in which animal food predomi- nates. 4. That it is that meal which, upon necessity arising for the abolit... ...ter” in a king’s household: what, if applied to a fluid, we should denomi- nate sipping. At last, by so many steps all in one direction, things had co...

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The New Machiavelli

By: H. G. Wells

...hink of him so, with brown books before him lit by the light of candles in silver candlesticks, or heading some new chapter of “The Prince,” with a gr... ...ulate, significance of women. They stand now, as it were, close beside the silver candlesticks, speaking as Machiavelli writes, until he stays his pen... ...ealing the most devious and enchanting caves and several mines of gold and silver paper. Among these rocks a number of survivors from a Noah’s Ark mad... ...ms of Pimlico, garbage-littered streets of bawling costermongers, the inky silver of the barge-laden Thames—such was the background of our days. We we... ...ocess to cotton, and only his subsequent unfortu- 146 The New Machiavelli nate attempts to become a Cotton King prevented her being a very rich woman... ...of course, a type of man which clings very obsti- 212 The New Machiavelli nately to party ties. These are the men with strong reproduc- tive imaginat... ... the Liberal benches and watch him, and listen to his urbane voice, fasci- nated by him. Did he really care? Did anything matter to him? And if it rea... ...er way; held her responsible for all the weak and ineffective and unfortu- nate things she said and did to me. She wasn’t clever enough to justify tha... ...hts or wrongs of the situation. We hadn’t an atom of respect for them, in- nate or acquired. The guardians of public morals will say we were very bad ...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 7 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...r borne their harder part so nobly and well; and it may be esteemed fortu- nate that giving the greatest efficiency to these indispensable arms we do ... ...r prescribed in the act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1845, which desig- nates certain frontier ports through which merchandise may be exported, and... ...e great bend of the Truckee River in Nevada. Numerous discoveries of gold, silver, and cinnabar mines have been added to the many heretofore known, an... ...oln: V ol Seven appear before them at such time and place as may be desig- nated in said subpoena and to give testimony on oath touching such matters ... ...NITED STATES: I herewith return to your honorable body, in which it origi- nated, a “joint resolution to correct certain clerical errors in the intern... ...d we know pretty nearly the amount of our national debt, the more gold and silver we mine, we make the payment of that debt so much the easier. Now,”... ... per year from overcrowded Europe. I intend to point them to the gold and silver that wait for them in the West. Tell the miners for me, that I shal...

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The Muse of the Department

By: Honoré de Balzac

...g for the day when the extravagance of the Duchesse de Maufrigneuse culmi- nated in the sale of that splendid property. Madame Piedefer came to live w... ...himself would say: “I who have a Superior Woman for a wife, am very fortu- nate,” etc. Madame Piedefer, flattered through her daughter, also al- lowed... ...drid,” said the Receiver-General, “the Grand Duke of Berg invited the mag- nates of the capital to an entertainment given to the newly conquered city ... ...e of their most zealous proselytes, she carried a cross and nailed to it a silver heart pierced by an arrow; and, for a long time after, she went ever... ...Nucingen the dish-covers surmounted by his newly-won coronet. “They are of silver, you see!” Though consumed by melancholy, which she concealed with t...

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In the Days of the Comet

By: H. G. Wells

...t, but I could think of nothing of obvious value in the house. My mother’s silver—two gravy- spoons and a salt-cellar—had been pawned for some weeks, ... ...hen I fell into conversation with a salacious wooden-legged old man with a silver ring, who swept the steps that went down to the beach from the parad... ...e top of his steps. “Hullo,” said I. He pointed seaward with his pipe, his silver ring shone in the sky light. “Rum,” he said. “What is?” I asked. “Se... ... most part smooth and shining like a mirror, a great expanse of reflecting silver, barred by slow broad undulations, but at one time a little breeze b... ... died out again. 117 H. G . Wells The way was sometimes sandy, thick with silvery colorless sand, and sometimes chalky and lumpy, with lumps that had... ...arisen out of the rational delegation of local control to territorial mag- nates, who had in the universal baseness of those times at last altogether ... ...nd the bedside… . “Willie,” she whispered, and eyes and body seemed incar- nate pity. An unseen presence drew us together. My mother’s face became res...

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Chronicles of the Canongate

By: Sir Walter Scott

...ir Walter Scott whomsoever the idea of a Theatrical Fund might have origi- nated (and it had been disputed by the surviving relatives of two or three ... ...oking after my precipitate flight, and shaking her head as she wrapped the silver which she was counting for me in a separate piece of paper, apart fr... ...on silk, was disposed a suit of tilting armour of bright steel inlaid with silver, which had been worn on some memorable occasion by Sir Bernard Bethu... ... to say that the lady’s dressing-room exhibited a superb mirror, framed in silver filigree work; a beautiful toilette, the cover of which was of Fland... ...roubled light that indicates an unsettled mind. Her hair was wrapt round a silver bodkin with some attention to neat- ness, and her dark mantle was di... ...alls were expended, although it was not until he had fired off most of the silver buttons from his waistcoat; and the soldiers, no longer de- terred b... ...rous and powerful clan, of whom there were many in the ranks. The unfortu- nate criminal, on the contrary, was little known to, and scarcely connected... ...adually con- tracts its water to a very narrow space, and at length termi- nates at two rocks (called the Rocks of Brandir), which form a strait chann...

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Nostromo a Tale of the Seaboard

By: Joseph Conrad

...i- can revolution. The fellow had actually managed to steal a lighter with silver, and this, it seems, only because he was implicitly trusted by his e... ...g. I don’t care for that. Now and then I go away quietly and lift a bar of silver. I must get rich slowly—you un- derstand.” There was also another cu... ...m: “What’s to prevent me reporting ashore what you have told me about that silver?” The cynical ruffian was not alarmed in the least. He actually laug... ...d. And who’s to prove the lighter wasn’t sunk? I didn’t show you where the silver is hidden. Did I? So you know nothing. And suppose I lied? Eh?” Ulti... ...y; but he thought of it without bitterness. It might have been an unfortu- nate affair for his poor dad, and the whole story threw a queer light upon ... ...he first sign of failure. A man may be thrown off. The papers had unfortu- nately trumpeted all over the land his journey to Costaguana. If he was ple... ...d the chief engineer. ‘The answer to this was, in the words of my subordi- nate, “The filthy brute on my bed said, ‘Suppose I were to have you shot?’”... ...f the Plaza. After- wards the greater part of the citizens remained fasci- nated by the orator’s action alone, his tip-toeing, the arms flung above hi... ...e place of her soul. “I can say what is true,” the doctor insisted, obsti- nately. “It’ll weigh as heavily, and provoke resent- ment, bloodshed, and v...

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