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...regard to some of them, when, as it ap- pears by yours, I had the means of answering my own ques- tions. A. LINCOLN. 9 The Writings of Abraham Lincol... ... to temper. He is rising in military skill and usefulness. His recent ap- pointment to the command of a corps, by one so competent to judge as Genera... ..., of my action in regard to which you express your approval. The remaining point of your letter is a protest against any person offering to vote being... ... saw you; one not quite so late on firing as we had before, but giving the points that Burnside thinks he can hold the place, that he is not closely i...

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...n the offensive rather than the defensive are certainly correct. That is a point which I shall not disregard. I spoke here on Saturday night. The spee... ... through the section from the opposite quarter section corners, fixing the point where such straight lines cross, or intersect each other, as the midd... ...cupy a good portion of your time here in drawing your attention to certain points in it. Such of you as may have read this document will have perceive... ...ERAL FREMONT , W ASHINGTON, August 15, 1861 TO MAJOR-GENERAL FREMONT: Been answering your messages since day before yesterday. Do you receive the answ...

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...ing. Statio benefida carinis can never be its motto. As regards the second point, singularly enough Washington is the only city of the Union that has ... ...war of 1812 it fell into our hands, and we burned it. As regards the third point, Washington, from the lie of the land, can hardly have been said to b... ...or on the strength of other charms. The country has all been agreed on the point since the father of the country first commenced the work. Florence an... ...e is in the opposite wing of the build- ing, the position of the one house answering exactly to that of the other. It is somewhat smaller, but is, as ... ...It will of course be understood that there is nothing in the American army answering to our colonel of a regi- ment. With us the officer so designated... ...you want one?” Now that is a question which an Englishman feels awkward at answering before five and twenty Americans, with open mouths and eager eyes...

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...orning in mid-September, for the charming little city of Tours, from which point it seemed possible to make a variety of fruit- ful excursions. His ex... ...lian, lurking in a crooked corner at the right of the Rue Royale, near the point at which this indifferent thorough-fare emerges, with its little cry ... ...desirable, incongruous spot, where a small, crude building of red brick is pointed out to you by your cabman (if you happen to drive) as the romantic ... ...neers. When he was not reading the “Figaro” he was conning his breviary or answering, with rapid precision and with a deferential but discour- aging d...

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..., no one courts such humiliating proofs. Several masks had laughed as they pointed this preposterous figure out to each other; some had spoken to him,... ...nterests,” observed des Lupeaulx, who had heard them. “What is the case in point?” “The case of the Sieur de Rubempre, whom Rastignac is setting up as... ...an deserves rough music. In their place,” said the merciless jester, as he pointed to Finot and V ernou, “I should 13 Balzac take you up in my societ... ...said Lucien, smiling, “is uncommonly like yours.” “And them,” said Esther, answering Lucien with another look of intelligence, while still speaking to... ...out killing me,” said he to Asie; “for I must be at death’s door, to avoid answering inquisitive persons. I have just got rid of a man in the most nat... ...f me?” he added haughtily. “In this place, monsieur,” said the magistrate, answering the poet’s pride with mocking arrogance, “I alone have a right to...

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...e Greeks by Diocles of Peparethus, whom Fabius Pictor also follows in most points. Here again there are variations, but in general outline it runs thu... ...et proposed to the Sabines to enter into an alliance with them; upon which point some consulted and demurred long, but Acron, king of the Ceninenses, ... ... he, to court the people, put the government into their own hands, and ap- pointed an annual magistrate over the Albans, this taught the great men of ... ...c brought down Jupiter out of heaven; and that he then, in an angry manner answering the inquiries, told Numa, that, if he would charm the thunder and... ...ed there was any great hurt, or the sign of any great hurt in this, and he answering No, “Why,” said he, “and what does that differ from this, only th... ...d arrayed their army, and where they had placed their best men, and on his answering that he took the troops of the Antiates in the center to be their...

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...ne day, when I accused myself to my confessor of having cursed my life, he pointed to the skies, where grew, he said, the promised palm for the “Beati... ...dit, for he reckoned on the sisters and aunts of the pupils, who made it a point of honor to pay their debts. I resisted the blandishments of his plac... ... beneath the vaporous, warm sky, and you will have some idea of one of the points of view of this most lovely region. I followed the road to Sache alo... ...miles, Felix?” I kept silence and looked down. “That woman,” he continued, answering his own ques- tion, “denies me all happiness; she is no more to m...

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...this to my mother, who did not discover my plot until it was just upon the point, of execution. The King had determined rigidly to adhere to a rule he... ...ces of France. Tourville, our admiral, so famous for his valour and skill, pointed this circumstance out to the King. But it was all to no effect. He ... ...ting with me in return, took his gun, which he thought to be unloaded, and pointed it at me. But to our great surprise the weapon went off. Fortunatel... ...ause recovery was impossible. Barbezieux used to annoy people very much by answering aloud when they spoke to him in whispers, and by keeping visitors... ... that he had well inspected the position of the two armies, but instead of answering Monseigneur, dwelt upon the beauty of our troops, their gai- ety ... ...et) caused universal joy. The ballet was danced several times, its success answering in no way to the Marechal de Villeroy. The King was so wearied, s...

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...e party purposes. The Opposition challenged the allegations of Government, pointed to the trimness of army and navy during its term of office, and pro... ...g, ‘Messieurs les Colo- nels de la Garde Imperiale.’ This he set down. The point was that a stand must be made against the flood of sarcasms and bully... ... as blazing fireworks over your own defeat. Back we have to go! that’s the point, sir. And as for jeering the cotton-spinners, I can’t while they’ve t... ...at she allowed the ques- tion to be debated in her mind for half a minute, answering then, ‘No, not uncivil. I cannot exactly explain …. He cer- tainl... ... the question by brains.’ ‘Before mobs?’ ‘Not before mobs. I punish you by answering you seri- ously.’ ‘I am sensible of the flattery.’ ‘Before mobs!’... ...n wrath. ‘The Whigs dead? Y ou may as well say I’m dead.’ It was Beauchamp answering: ‘Politically, you’re dead, if you call yourself a Whig. You coul...

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...rian has idealized—Numa Pompilius. Scepticism has attained its culminating point with respect to Homer, and the state of our Homeric knowledge may be ... ...vidences of its historical worthlessness, that it is scarcely necessary to point them out in detail. Let us now consider some of the opinions to which... ...he origin of the Iliad and the Odyssey; for their origin, in all essential points, must have remained the secret of the poet.” [Note: Heeren’s Ancient... ...is grief express’d, And grasp’d his hand; while all the Greeks around With answering sighs return’d the plaintive sound. “Oh, dear as life! did I for ... ...earth and ocean rung, Sent from his following host: the Grecian train With answering thunders fill’d the echoing plain; A shout that tore heaven’s con...

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...her’s wishes to the contrary?” said Ma- dame de Villefort, selecting a new point of attack. “That is a serious thing.” Monte Cristo, who pretended not... ...hed the tower of Montlhery, situated, as every one knows, upon the highest point of the plain of that name. At the foot of the hill the count dismount... ... eyes starting and his hair on end. “Waiting for whom?” Bertuccio, without answering, pointed to Villefort with something of the gesture Macbeth uses ... ...ing and his hair on end. “Waiting for whom?” Bertuccio, without answering, pointed to Villefort with something of the gesture Macbeth uses to point ou... ...ing the day. Assuming a dignified air, she turned round to Debray, without answering her husband. “Read me something, M. Debray,” she said. Debray, wh... ...t. They questioned him as to his sentiments, but he contented himself with answering, that the letters from the Island of Elba ought to have informed ...

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...red a voluntary ban- ishment for the remainder of his life, to giving up a point by which he must sacrifice his honor and liberty. I remained under th... ...from a further explanation, did not the lesson this example conveys (which points out an evil as frequent as it is pernicious) forbid my silence. As M... ...ould be done for me, was the present question, and in order to discuss the point with greater freedom, she made me dine with her. This was the first m... ...han a controversy, and he found more pains in giving them instruction than answering their objections; but when it came to my turn, it was a different... ... that is; the necessity of talking perpetually, at least, the necessity of answering when spoken to, and keeping up the conversation when the other is... ...at bordered the terrace were filled with nightingales who were continually answering each other’s songs. I walked along in a kind of ecstasy, giving u...

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...an use them lightly too upon occasion. I have learned to be dangerous upon points of honour ever since I served the Spaniard, and I would not have you... ...was here stacked for drying. Formal walks and avenues, which, at different points, crossed this principal approach, were, in like manner, choked up an... ...ot understand, having never had one of thine own. But let us rather to the point, and say to me, in one word, what is thy business with me, and what h... ...my, maiden, and can reverse his charm. Speak, we command thee.” Instead of answering her by speech, the unfortunate Countess dropped on her knee befor... ...ldly of being soon to plead her own cause before your own presence, and of answering no meaner person’s inquiries.” “Now the heavens forfend!” said th...

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...ranches and elegant bearing, the trees of a love as free! It was from this point, my dear fellow, that I saw a pond covered with the white water-lily ... ...s were of small leaded panes (O Versailles!). The stone is hewn in diamond points, but hollowed, as in the Ducal Palace at Venice on the facade toward... ...ounded by walls, except where nature had provided a fine view, and at such points sunk fences or ha-has had been placed. The four gates, called the ga... ...ke an interrogation-mark, to which the wide-slit mouth seemed to be always answering, even when it did not open. Vermichel, a short man, wore hob-nail... ...le and tone that were full of naivete. “And so,” continued Madame Michaud, answering with a smile the smile of her late mistress, “Genevieve is gloomy...

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...egard me with fixed attention, he motioned with his rolled up flag towards a point on my level, some two or three hundred yards distant. I called dow... ...undred yards distant. I called down to him, “ All right!” and made for that point. There, by dint of looking closely about me, I found a rough zigzag... ... time to recall a singular air of reluctance or compulsion with which he had pointed out the path. When I came down low enough upon the zigzag descent... ...that a personage, dimly described as “a hold chap, a sort of one eyed tramp, answering to the name of Joby, unless you challenged him as Greenwood, an...

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...nowned throughout all Spain, and as soon as he returned to Rome he was ap- pointed quaestor of Cisalpine Gaul, at a very seasonable moment for his cou... ... at a very seasonable moment for his country, the Marsian war being on the point of breaking out. Sertorius was ordered to raise soldiers and provide ... ...f ancient oracles, and was thought particularly skillful and clever in all points of religion and divination. He alleged, that it was unlawful to make... ...d him one day, if when he left the army, he designed to see Asia, and Cato answering, “Yes, by all means,” “You do well,” replied Curio, “you will bri... ...urgus were not in his opinion a wise man, and a lover of his country. Agis answering he was, “And when did Lycurgus,” replied Leonidas, “cancel debts,... ... know, as from a friend, whither he intended to march at night; and Aratus answering, that having heard of his design to fortify Belbina, he meant to ...

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...the younger and weaker man of the two could not quite bring himself to the point of making an inquiry which he thought would be disagreeable. Lopez ha... ...t direction plant an enduring objection. In this way Lopez had carried his point with Mr Wharton. He had convinced Mrs Roby that among all the girl’s ... ...ow whether a man be bad or good when one knows nothing about him?’ At this point the father got up and walked about the room. ‘The long and the short ... ...ough that horrid word had not been spoken. She sat over her work till ten, answering him when he spoke in a voice which was also fictitious, and then ... ...ed into her face, admiring the energy with which she spoke to him. ‘As for answering him,’she continued to say, ‘that may or may not be proper. If it ... ...m on most friendly personal terms with him. It shall be so, if I decide on answering any questions in your House on a matter so purely personal to mys...

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...that does not represent the country described in a more or less ridiculous point of view. It is hard at least to do so in such a book as I must write.... ...the nature of his intelligence, he understands why it is that he is at all points a free man. But if this be so of our own politics; if it be so rare ... ...hat the battle was on this account necessarily unreasonable. It is the old point of honor which, till it had been made absurd by certain changes of ci... ...one knew well how these questions would be answered, but the manner of the answering would be everything. This lec- ture was given at Roxbury, one of ...

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...lines and operated under contract by Argenbright Security. Like the check- points in Boston, it lacked closed-circuit television surveillance so there... ...to authorities on the ground. 29 At 8:19, Ong reported:“The cockpit is not answering, somebody’s stabbed in business class—and I think there’s Mace—th... ...vid Sweeney tried to call his wife, Julie. He left a message on their home answering machine that the plane had been hijacked. He then called his moth... ...t American Airlines. Nancy May and her husband promptly did so. 56 At some point between 9:16 and 9:26, Barbara Olson called her husband, Ted Olson, t... ... of panic and did not indicate any awareness of an impending crash.At that point, the second call was cut off. 58 At 9:29, the autopilot on American 7... ..., p. 11. At 9:31:48, ExecJet 56 also called in, reporting that “we’re just answering your call.We did hear that, uh, yelling too.” The FAA responded a...

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...im first. He must have estimated him a promising person, but, from another point of view, not dangerous. Thus lightly was the notorious (and at the sa... ...course I don’t shout that fact on the housetops,” the Captain addressed me pointedly, “any more than our friend his shipwreck adventure. We must not s... ...t, you see, of all the objects there she was the only one that was alive,” pointed out Blunt with the slightest pos- sible flavour of sarcasm. “Immens... ...moment, a slight dimple in her cheek. “How old, I wonder?” I said, with an answering smile. “Oh, for ages, for ages,” she exclaimed hastily, frowning ...

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... attitude of the giants is different also, it agrees in all of them on the points of competence and strength. Take whomso- ever else we may among our ... ...s a little short of that diabolical magnificence which exalts Swift to the point whence, in his own way, he surveys all the king- doms of the world, a... ... that there should be. Of directer and more imme- diate models or starting-points one is undoubted; the other, though less generally admitted, not muc... ... had been in the fellow’s place, whoever he is.” But the other, instead of answering him, cried out, “Zounds, I know her;” and then, turning to her, s...

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...ne man draws out the wire; another straights it; a third cuts it; a fourth points it; a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head; to make the... ... the most pressing occasions. Independent, therefore, of his deficiency in point of dexterity, this cause alone must always reduce considerably the qu... ...or defen- sive, they are always abundantly heard of. In order to bring the point to a speedy decision, they have always recourse to the loud- est clam... ...d pounds in gold and silver may, frequently, be a sufficient provision for answering occasional demands. By this operation, therefore, twenty thousand... ...lion, reserving in their different coffers two hundred thousand pounds for answering occasional demands; there would remain, therefore, in circulation... ...he merchant in Edinburgh, on the other hand, keeps no money unemployed for answering such occasional demands. When they actually come upon him, he sat...