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...: The third section of the ?Act further to promote the efficiency of the Navy,? approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command of squadrons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good ...

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...vy,” approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: “That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have ... ...proved 21st of December, 1861, provides: “That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the aut... ...rons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good of the service requires to be thus placed in command; and such officers may, if up... ...nd such officers may, if upon the recommendation of the Presi- dent of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their ser... ... officers may, if upon the recommendation of the Presi- dent of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their services a... ...he United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their services and gallantry in action against an enemy, be restored to the activ... ...ree government and free institutions. For the part which you and the brave army of which you are a part have, under Providence, performed in this grea... ...ou will prevent the army now opposed to you from receiving an accession of numbers of nearly 15,000 men; and if you succeed in saving the bridges you ... ...g our line from Richmond to Corinth sup- poses himself to be confronted by numbers superior to his own. Under this pressure We thinned the line on the...

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Excerpt: This publication of ?The Constitution of the United States?.

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...ITUTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED ST THE UNITED ST THE UNITED ST THE UNITED ST THE UNITED STA A A A AT... ...1787 WITH THE 26 AMENDMENTS This publication of “The Constitution of The United States of America, 1787 with the 27 Amend ments” is part of The Pen... ...TH THE 26 AMENDMENTS This publication of “The Constitution of The United States of America, 1787 with the 27 Amend ments” is part of The Pennsylvan... ...portunity university. This publication of “The Constitution of the United States” is a publication of the Pennsylva nia State University. This Por... ...tes which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free Pe... ...ed by adding to the whole number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a 3 Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fift... ...equent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by law Direct. The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, b... ... The Senators and Representatives shall re ceive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascer tained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the U... ...ted States.” Section 2. The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several State...

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...VI: CAIRO AND CAMP WOOD......................................................................................................... 114 CHAPTER VII: THE ARMY OF THE NORTH..................................................................................................... 135 CHAPTER VIII: BACK TO BOSTON.............................................................................

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........................................................ 114 CHAPTER VII: THE ARMY OF THE NORTH ............................................................ ..................................... 164 CHAPTER IX: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ................................................................ .............................. 164 CHAPTER IX: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ....................................................................... ......................... 226 CHAPTER XI: THE LA W COURTS AND LA WYERS OF THE UNITED STATES ........................................... 242 CHAPTER XII: ... .................. 226 CHAPTER XI: THE LA W COURTS AND LA WYERS OF THE UNITED STATES ........................................... 242 CHAPTER XII: THE FIN... ... and K Streets North. Then those streets which run from north to south are numbered First Street, Second Street, Third Street, and so on, on each fron... ...ht out and delivered by carriers, who charge a separate porterage for that service; but the 15 Trollope rule is that letters should be delivered from... ...e building, by piercing it with windows altogether unsuited to it, both in number and size. The walls, even under the porticoes, have been so pierced,... ...ed in the Constitution. It speaks not of a slave, but of a “person held to service or labor.” It neither sanctions nor forbids slavery. It assumes no ...

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...Excerpt: In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of the principles of government that were essential to the preservation of the l...

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...e eleven years that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our writ... ...n years that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Con... ...on, all of whom were young men, in building upon the Inde- pendence of the United States that wisest and best plan of general government that was ever... ... of whom were young men, in building upon the Inde- pendence of the United States that wisest and best plan of general government that was ever devise... ...tat of December 2, 1851 drove him from 12 Democracy in America the public service. In 1856 he published “The Old Regime and the Revolution.” He died ... ...ce seven hundred years ago, when the territory was divided amongst a small number of families, who were the owners of the soil and the rulers of the i... ...st Period,” by Beverley. ***It was not till some time later that a certain number of rich English capitalists came to fix themselves in the colony. **... ...tion which he had himself upheld in Eu- rope, renders attendance on divine service compulsory,** and goes so far as to visit with severe punishment, ... ... minority has as yet been reduced to declare open war, the necessity of an army has not been felt.* The State usually employs the officers of the town...

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...of its outlandish subject, the sketch may find readers. It has been a task of difficulty. Speed was essential, or it might come too late to be of any service to a distracted country....

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...of difficulty. Speed was essential, or it might come too late to be of any service to a distracted country. T ruth, in the midst of conflicting rumour... ...tion as can be hoped in these distracted islands; and he counted among the number the preponderant name of Malietoa. Here, if ever, was an election. H... ... 8 A Footnote to History gossip, spreading rumour, and divulging to either army the secret councils of the other. This is plainly no savage war; it ha... ... of proprietors can only be illustrated by examples. We have a girl in our service to whom we had given some finery, that she might wait at table, and... ...ll the ranks of even an English half-battalion, yet there are a surprising number above the average in sense, knowledge, and manners. The trouble (for... ...it. They figure but as the three ruffi- ans of the elder play-wrights. The United States have the cleanest hands, and even theirs are not immaculate. ... ...y figure but as the three ruffi- ans of the elder play-wrights. The United States have the cleanest hands, and even theirs are not immaculate. It was ... ...hed story. And the end of it spattered the credit alike of England and the States, when this man (the premier of a friendly sovereign) was kidnapped a... ...t Malietoa,” said Mataafa “but try to bring about a compromise, and form a united government.” “Very well,” said Tamasese, “leave it to me, and I will...

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...ame de Villefort. Both of the visitors, after saluting the old man and speaking to Barrois, a faithful servant, who had been twenty-five years in his service, took their places on either side of the paralytic....

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...king to Barrois, a faithful servant, who had been twenty-five years in his service, took their places on either side of the paralytic. M. Noirtier was... ...one, but who, nevertheless, possessed a fund of knowledge and penetration, united with a will as powerful as ever although clogged by a body rendered ... ...nance cannot be clearly proved to me, on account of his want of speech, my services here would be quite useless, and cannot be legally exercised.” The... ....” “Rue de la Fontaine!” exclaimed Villefort in an agitated tone; “at what number?” “No. 28.” 24 The Count of Monte Cristo “Then,” cried Villefort, “... ...isto took a paper from his pocket, upon which were drawn three signs, with numbers to indicate the order in which they were to be worked. “There, you ... ...ses un- der one’s hand, such as mines, lands, and funded property, in such states as France, Austria, and England, provided these treasures and proper... ...n. I lost a battle in Spain, I have been defeated in Trieste, but my naval army in India will have taken some galleons, and my Mexican pioneers will h... ...w I ex- isted when it was arranged by your two families that you should be united. I have no enmity against M. Franz, and promise you the pun- ishment... ...s, styled himself truly at that time Fernand, as our esteemed contemporary states; but he has since added to his Christian name a title of nobility an...

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...ds of your house, and, so far as regards the U.S., of your house exclusively; not with any view to further emolument, but as an acknowledgment of the services which you have already rendered me; namely, first, in having brought together so widely scattered a collection--a difficulty which in my own hands by too painful an experience I had found from nervous depression to b...

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...y; not with any view to further emolument, but as an acknowledgment of the services which you have already ren- dered me; namely, first, in having bro... ...y of this little novel to a beautiful girl of seventeen, the daughter of a statesman in Westmoreland, not designing any deception (nor so much as any ... ...ency to lawless and gigantesque ideals of adventur- ous life; under which, united with the duelling code of Eu- rope, many things would become trivial... ... would thenceforwards be con- founded with the similar memorials, past all numbering, which every year accumulates as the wrecks from household rememb... ...urposes of hospitality with some powers of self-fulfilment. And yet, for a service of that na- ture, could she reasonably rely upon me? Odious is the ... ...shillings a volume might be taken as expressing, upon a sufficiently large number of volumes, small and great, the fair average cost of the whole. On ... ...’s family. Both served for many years in India: the first in the Company’s army, the other upon the staff of the king’s forces in that country. Each, ... ... a sentiment as pity, in the fact of both from so early an age having been united in the calamity of orphan- age,—go where they might, these young wom... ...th, concentrated in a small number of hands, exists in various continental states upon a larger scale than with us, moderately large estates, on the o...

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...Excerpt: Four years ago--in 1874--two young Englishmen had occasion to go to the United States. They crossed the ocean at midsummer, and, arriving in New York on the first day of August, were much struck with the fervid temperature of that city. Disembarking upon the wharf, they climbed into one of those ...

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...niversity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry James PART I F our years ago—in 1874—two young Englishm... ...ty is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry James PART I F our years ago—in 1874—two young Englishmen had ... ...e, the huge white marble facades glittering in the strong, crude light, and bedizened with gilded letter- ing, the multifarious awnings, banners, and ... ...e to a hotter place, you know.” “Oh, there’s only one hotter place,” said Lord Lambeth, “and I hope he hasn’t gone there.” They strolled along the sha... ... “Oh, dear, no,” said the young Englishman; “my cousin was coming over on some business, so I just came across, at an hour’s notice, for the lark.” “I... ...ear, no,” said the young Englishman; “my cousin was coming over on some business, so I just came across, at an hour’s notice, for the lark.” “Is it yo... ...clouds of Valenciennes lace, who seemed to float down the long vistas with expanded fur- belows, like angels spreading their wings. In front was a gig... ... manners. Captain Littledale told me he had never seen such pleasant man- ners as at Newport, and he had been a great deal in Euro- pean society. Hadn... ... changing of places; the gentlemen all entered into intimate conversation with the two En- glishmen, made them urgent offers of hospitality, and hoped...

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...tion: Recently I set myself to put down what I believe. I did this with no idea of making a book, but at the suggestion of a friend and to interest a number of friends with whom I was associated. We were all, we found, extremely uncertain in our outlook upon life, about our religious feelings and in our ideas of right and wrong. And yet we reckoned ourselves people of the ...

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...idea of making a book, but at the suggestion of a friend and to interest a number of friends with whom I was associated. We were all, we found, extrem... ...me, because it interests me to do so and I think it may interest a certain number of simi- larly constituted people. I am not teaching. How far I suc-... ... knowledge. Imagine a large clear jelly, in which at all angles and in all states of simplicity or contor- tion his ideas are imbedded. They are all v... ...wn for example from matter to atoms and centres of force and up to men and states and countries—if you will imagine the ideas lying in that manner—you... ...feel, to take all these things as weapons and instruments, material in the service of the scheme; one has to take them in the end gravely and do right... ...ng for humanity, mystically assert- ing that love in pain and sacrifice in service are the necessary substance of Salvation. Whether he actually exist... ...ollows:— “I can see no reason why even to-day a number of persons avowedly united in the same ‘Belief’ and recognizing each other as the self-constitu... ...re the regis- trar?’ and the answer would be, ‘No, we are Samurai and were united before the Elders.’ In Catholic countries those who use only the civ... ...e as an obligation in conduct. The soldier who risks a life he owes to his army in a duel upon some silly matter of personal pride is no bet- ter to m...

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...Excerpt: When we think of the enormous number of volumes that have been published on the question as to where Hannibal crossed the Alps, without our being able to decide to-day whether it was (according to Whittaker and Rivaz) by Lyon, Geneva, the Great Saint-Bern...

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...oret, Member of the Academie des Beaux-Arts. When we think of the enormous number of volumes that have been published on the question as to where Hann... ...d men of his time, a Knight of the Garter, holding a high com- mand in the army. At the accession of Henry V. Sir John Falstaff was only thirty-four y... ...eeded to possess and to display the rare qualities and precious gifts of a states- man under the mocking fire of the Calvinist press. Those facts are ... ...e liberty of thought; and no sovereign can interfere with money. The great statesmen who were vanquished in the long struggle (it lasted five centurie... ...ing to the family; he won the affec- tion of everybody, rendered important services to the family, and died universally regretted. Nearly all the firs... ...ss Count Sebastiano Montecuculi, who had just left, somewhat abruptly, the service of Charles V . and that of his two gener- als, Antonio di Leyva and... ...d Madame la Duchesse d’Urbino in great magnificence, accompanied by a vast number of ladies and gentlemen, both French and Italian. “The Holy Father h... ...ciated in corporations which limited their number, they were still further united into guilds by the Church. In this way prices were maintained. Also,... ...ation; they desired to es- tablish throughout Europe the government of the United Provinces, which ended by triumphing over the greatest Power of thos...

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...., at the beginning of Vendemiaire, or, to conform to our own calendar, towards the close of September, 1799, a hundred or so of peasants and a large number of citizens, who had left Fougeres in the morning on their way to Mayenne, were going up the little mountain of La Pelerine, half-way between Fougeres and Ernee, a small town where travelers along that road are in the ...

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...on of sentiments. 4 The Chouans Many of the peasants, in fact the greater number, were barefooted, and wore no other garments than a large goatskin, ... ...oes, which the peasants of Brittany make for them- selves; but the greater number had heavy hobnailed boots, 5 Balzac and coats of coarse cloth cut i... ...ptional levies. Though Brittany had hitherto refused all kinds of military service under the Republic, the levies were made under the new law on the f... ...the two officers. “It is time I should tell you that it is all up with the army in Paris. The Directory, in consequence of a disturbance in the Assemb... ...g insur- rection; and here we are, sure enough, caught in a trap.” “If the army doesn’t take things in hand and manage the government,” said Gerard, “... ...g, and the box which formed the seat being kept exclusively for the postal service, the travellers who had any baggage were forced to keep it between ... ...ught out the transparent rose of the nos- trils and the double curve which united the nose with the upper lip; at other times a pale glint of sunshine... ... murmur through the open space, the praying men filled with conviction and united by one and the same sentiment, the bare cross, the wild and barren t... ... uniform with any of your tricks.” “Commandant, the order of the ministers states that you are to obey Mademoiselle de Verneuil.” “Let her come and gi...

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...he ?parsimony of the public,? which guilty public, it appeared, had been until lately bent in the most determined manner on by no means enlarging the number of Chancery judges appointed--I believe by Richard the Second, but any other king will do as well....

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...til lately bent in the most determined manner on by no means enlarging the number of Chancery judges appointed—I be lieve by Richard the Second, but ... ...y clearly described by a dentist, occurred at the town of Columbus, in the United States of America, quite recently. The sub ject was a German who ke... ...ly described by a dentist, occurred at the town of Columbus, in the United States of America, quite recently. The sub ject was a German who kept a li... ...sure,” said Mr. Kenge politely. “—Wished Esther only to know what would be service able to her. And she knows, from any teaching she has had here, no... ...” I meant as to Holborn. “If you would like,” said Mrs. Jellyby, putting a number of papers towards us, “to look over some remarks on that head, and o... ...bly quick. She answered for herself directly. “A suitor, my child. At your service. I have the honour to attend court regularly. With my documents. Ha... ... it very touching to see these two women, coarse and shabby and beaten, so united; to see what they could be to one another; to see how they felt for ... ... of its inhabitants assemble to discuss the thing, and the outposts of the army of observation (principally boys) are pushed for ward to Mr. Krook’s ... ..., Mr. Guppy presents his friend under the impromptu name of Mr. Weevle and states the object of their visit. Krook, with his bottle under his arm (he ...

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...ivision was in great danger of a surprise at Winchester; that it was of no service commen- surate with the risk it incurred, and that it ought to be w... ...r positively ordered it. General Schenck, on the con- trary, believed the service of the force at Winchester was worth the hazard, and so did not pos... ...e dates, respectively, October 12 and 13, 1863, and each inclosing a large number of affidavits. The general statements of the whole are that the Fed... ...THE HOUSE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that, before the first meet... ...SE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that, before the first meeting of ... ...show that they were regularly elected in accordance with the laws of their States respec- tively, or the laws of the United States. Approved March 3, ... ...ccordance with the laws of their States respec- tively, or the laws of the United States. Approved March 3, 1863. 7 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: ... ...CUTIVE MANSION, W ASHINGTON, D. C., October 30, 1863. MAJOR-GENERAL MEADE, Army of Potomac: Much obliged for the information about deserters contained... ...ennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina, a number of persons, not less than one-tenth in number of the votes cast in s...

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...Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter....

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...d America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter. For som... ...any, sailing to windward in that portion of the Atlantic lying between the United States and Europe, respectively signalled the monster to each other ... ...iling to windward in that portion of the Atlantic lying between the United States and Europe, respectively signalled the monster to each other in 42º ... ...r of three thousand ships whose loss was annually recorded at Lloyd’s, the number of sailing and steam-ships supposed to be totally lost, from the abs... ...om a scientific research in the disagreeable territory of Nebraska, in the United States. In virtue of my office as Assistant Professor in the Museum ... ... here an extract from a carefully-studied article which I published in the number of the 30th of April. It ran as follows: “After examining one by one... ...the different surprises of life, very quick with his hands, and apt at any service required of him; and, despite his name, never giving advice—even wh... ...ted to the commander. The sailors could not hide their discontent, and the service suffered. I will not say there was a mutiny on board, but after a r... ...ich he treasures all his greatest wonders.” For two whole hours an aquatic army escorted the Nau- tilus. During their games, their bounds, while rival...

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Excerpt: Inaugural addresses of the presidents of the United States.

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... INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES is a publication of the Penn sylvania State University. T... ... INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES is a publication of the Penn sylvania State University. This Por... ...ronic transmission, in any way. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES , the Pennsylvania State Uni versity, Electronic Classics ... ...ransmission, in any way. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES , the Pennsylvania State Uni versity, Electronic Classics Series ... ...n Adams was elected Vice Presi dent because he received the second greatest number of votes. Under the rules, each elector cast two votes. The Chance... ...efore be as brief as possible. When I was first honored with a call into the service of my country, then on the eve of an arduous struggle for its lib... ... His opponent in the election, Thomas Jefferson, had won the second greatest number of elec toral votes and therefore had been elected Vice President... ...ions issued in the present happy Constitution of Government. Employed in the service of my country abroad during the whole course of these transaction... ...circumstances. Of the virtue of the people and of the heroic exploits of the Army, the Navy, and the militia I need not speak. Such, then, is the happ...

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...dvocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.” Judge Douglas makes us... ...question is settled. He says the bill he introduced into the Senate of the United States on the 4th day of January, 1854, settled the slavery question... ...n is settled. He says the bill he introduced into the Senate of the United States on the 4th day of January, 1854, settled the slavery question foreve... ...made in reply to one of Judge Douglas’s speeches. (Mr. Lincoln then read a number of extracts which had the ring of the true metal. W e have rarely he... ...s that in that year there were over four hundred thousand mulattoes in the United States. Now let us take what is called an Abolition State—the Republ... ...w Hampshire—and see how many mulattoes we can find within her borders. The number amounts to just one hundred and eighty-four. In the Old Dominion—in ... ...endence? It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea coasts, our army and our navy. These are not our reliance against tyranny All of those ... ...abolishing the slave trade. Precisely as soon as you are ready to have his services in that direction, by fair calcula- tion, you may be sure of havin... ... ol Five legal right in relation to him is alluded to, it is spoken of as “service or labor which may be due,” as a debt payable in service or labor. ...

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... shots have hit remarkably close to the bull’s-eye of reality; there are a number of inners and outers, and some clean misses. Much that he wrote abou... ...rren- der almost as much of their sovereignty as the constituent sovereign States which make up the United States of America have surrendered to the F... ...of their sovereignty as the constituent sovereign States which make up the United States of America have surrendered to the Federal Government; if the... ...d at present. It is really quite idle to dream of a warless world in which States are still absolutely free to annoy one another with tar- iffs, with ... ...here is no means of settling boundary dis- putes. Moreover, as between the united States of the world and the United States of America there is this f... ...illing to establish it, while, on the other hand, there are a considerable number of men in positions of especial influence and power who will certain... ...ng, the Allies as contem- porary soldiers. They were going to fight a 1900 army with a 1914 army, and their whole opening scheme was based on the conv... ...vast moi- ety of the population that has been engaged either in mili- tary service or the making of munitions to productive work, to the production of... ...m is to be found in the extreme dislocation of the privately owned transit services of Great Britain at the present time. There is no essential reason...

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...rom the gods. Both warriors; that by all the world’s allowed. Both of them united with strength of body an equal vigor mind; and of the two most famou... ..., when she fell in labor, were diligent in performing to her every needful service; but that she died before she could be delivered, and was honorably... ...e, was then first instituted by Theseus. For he took not with him the full number of virgins which by lot were to be carried away, but selected two yo... ...the least difference perceived; he, undiscovered by any, put them into the number of the Athe- nian maids designed for Crete. At his return, he and th... ...st and sacrifice, which he called Panathenaea, or the sacrifice of all the united Athenians. He instituted also another sacrifice, called Metoecia, or... ...e Pitthean maid, To your town the terms and fates, My father gives of many states. Be not anxious nor afraid; The bladder will not fail so swim On the... ...us and some others write that he made it with Hercules, offer- ing him his service in the war against the Amazons, and had 24 V olume One Antiope giv... ...actions of his former life. Theseus was now fifty years old, as Hellanicus states, when he carried off Helen, who was yet too young to be married. Som... ...e of Academus. But Dicaearchus writes that there were two Arcadians in the army of Castor and Pollux, the one called Echedemus and the other Marathus;...

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... and to adventure, all conduced to lead the Scots abroad into the military service of countries which were at war with each other. They were distingui... ...lier of honour, in search of his fortune, might, for ex- ample, change his service as he would his shirt, fight, like the doughty Captain Dalgetty, in... ... Scott “ A few days after the battle of Tippermuir, when Montrose with his army was encamped at Collace, an entertainment was given by him to his offi... ...es of hos- tility. It was generally hoped that the quartering a sufficient number of troops in the Lowlands adjacent to the Highland line, would have ... ... dislike to the Presbyterian model. In the West Highlands the ruling party numbered many enemies; but the power of these disaffected clans was sup- po... ...e other powers, I even took on for a time with their High Mightinesses the States of Holland.” “ And how did their service jump with your humour?” aga... ...befit any other tongue than mine own.” CHAPTER III. For pleas of right let statesmen vex their head, Battle’s my business, and my guerdon bread; And, ... ...our own honour—temperate, firm, and 83 Sir Walter Scott manly, to keep us united. Such is the man that must com- mand us. Are you prepared, Thane of ... ...en looking at his horse; and, after praising his points and carriage, both united in strongly dissuading the Captain from taking an animal of such val...

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...enemy, but to get a real under- standing with the peoples and spirits of a number of differ- ent nations, an understanding that will increase and beco... ...o me, from the hills to the east of the Adige, partially wrapped in a back number of the Corriere della Sera, that were pressed upon me by a friendly ... ...are affable. I had but recently had an encounter with an imported Colonial statesman, who was being adver- tised like a soap as the coming saviour of ... ...able of understand- ing. But one could as soon have talked with one of the states- men at Madame T ussaud’s. An antiquated figure. The effect of these... ...han it experienced; it was steadily beating the spirit out of the Ger- man army and shoving it back towards Germany. Only peace can, I believe, preven... .... It is quite impossible for me to institute comparisons between these two services. I should think that the British organisation I saw would be hard ... ...th; Headquarters is a little shy of technical direction; and all this in a service that is still necessarily experimental and plastic is to the good. ... ...war on that level might be as tedious as the South African war. But if the United States preferred to go into Mexican affairs with what I may perhaps ... ...rought upon the western front. These are Britain, France, Germany, and the United States of America. Less certainly equal to the effort are Italy, Jap...