McClure's Magazine, Volume 32S. S. McClure, Limited, 1909 |
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Page 72
... Capel had chosen this leisurely way for his homecoming . The " cruise " would break his slow return to England , giving him an added week , a larger space for meditation ; and he had time enough . Five years a few days more would make ...
... Capel had chosen this leisurely way for his homecoming . The " cruise " would break his slow return to England , giving him an added week , a larger space for meditation ; and he had time enough . Five years a few days more would make ...
Page 73
... Capel joined the audience that lolled in the deck - chairs . The parson and a lime- light man , with slides and a lantern , were ready for them . It was very novel , very interesting , very improving . The parson threw his views and his ...
... Capel joined the audience that lolled in the deck - chairs . The parson and a lime- light man , with slides and a lantern , were ready for them . It was very novel , very interesting , very improving . The parson threw his views and his ...
Page 74
... Capel accosted the elegant young gentleman in charge and questioned him . From the door- way all three proceeded to a writing - table within . Everything was in order . The chemist pro- duced cards , had postage - stamps , chairs in ...
... Capel accosted the elegant young gentleman in charge and questioned him . From the door- way all three proceeded to a writing - table within . Everything was in order . The chemist pro- duced cards , had postage - stamps , chairs in ...
Page 78
... Capel paused , reaching out again to the joy and the dominance of that august surprise . " There was a full moon , silvering already , and west of us the sun had set , leaving its glow on all the Islands and the wine - dark sea . You ...
... Capel paused , reaching out again to the joy and the dominance of that august surprise . " There was a full moon , silvering already , and west of us the sun had set , leaving its glow on all the Islands and the wine - dark sea . You ...
Page 80
... Capel and Rose Fermoy went ashore with the rest ; with Miss Stair and the fair young man who had lunched with them at Mycenae ; with the whole two hundred . This morning they had started out together as though some understanding linked ...
... Capel and Rose Fermoy went ashore with the rest ; with Miss Stair and the fair young man who had lunched with them at Mycenae ; with the whole two hundred . This morning they had started out together as though some understanding linked ...
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Page 114 - Time all to himself. It seemed to me that I had more time on my hands than I could ever manage. From a poor man, poor in Time, I was suddenly lifted up into a vast revenue ; I could see no end of my possessions: I wanted some steward, or judicious bailiff, to manage my estates in Time for me.
Page 26 - An agreement or combination by two or more persons to do or procure to be done any act in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute between employers and workmen shall not be indictable as a conspiracy if such act committed by one person would not be punishable as a crime.
Page 30 - ... part and parcel of the said combination known as The United Hatters of North America, or as the defendants and their confederates term it, to unionize their shops, with the intent thereby to control the employment of labor in and the operation of said factories, and to subject the same to the direction and control of persons, other than the owners of the same, in a manner extremely onerous and distasteful to such owners, and to carry out such scheme, effort and purpose, by restraining and destroying...
Page 141 - Of the population aged 65 and over, 35 per cent of the men and 18 per cent of the women constitute married couples living in their own homes apart from their children and other relatives.
Page 573 - God! I'll up an' go to him a-singin' in the night, A-callin' in the night. Grandmither, gie me your clay-cold heart that has forgot to ache, For mine be fire within my breast and yet it cannot break. Wi' every beat it's callin' for things that must not be, — An" can ye not let me creep in an
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Page 114 - And here let me caution persons grown old in active business, not lightly, nor without weighing their own resources, to forego their customary employment all at once, for there may be danger in it.
Page 30 - To cause, by means of threats and coercion, and without warning or information to the plaintiffs, the concerted and simultaneous withdrawal of all the makers and finishers of hats then working for them, who were not members of their said combination, The United Hatters of North America, as well as those who were such members, and thereby cripple the operation of the plaintiffs...
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Page 141 - Legrain, no fewer than 51 per cent, of the men and 22 per cent, of the women were alcoholics.