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... means of settling serious inter - control of the kaiser . Despite strenuous opposi- tion , met by alternating ... means that it was a drawn battle : Naval engagements are indicated by italics ; means a general estimate . CASUALTIES DATE ...
... means of settling serious inter - control of the kaiser . Despite strenuous opposi- tion , met by alternating ... means that it was a drawn battle : Naval engagements are indicated by italics ; means a general estimate . CASUALTIES DATE ...
Page 154
... means to meet the arrears of pay due the soldiers of the Revolution . On the recommendation of Congress , each State endeavored to provide means for raising its quota by a direct tax . This effort produced much excitement in some of the ...
... means to meet the arrears of pay due the soldiers of the Revolution . On the recommendation of Congress , each State endeavored to provide means for raising its quota by a direct tax . This effort produced much excitement in some of the ...
Page 191
... means to take when offered ; except means to leave out , to exclude . I accepted the gift . All except two will go . Accord . To accord means to render or be- stow upon another , as honor : therefore one should never say , " The ...
... means to take when offered ; except means to leave out , to exclude . I accepted the gift . All except two will go . Accord . To accord means to render or be- stow upon another , as honor : therefore one should never say , " The ...
Page 192
... means to go before , so as to preclude another ; to get the start of , or to get ahead of ; to enjoy , possess , or suffer , in expectation . It is therefore misused in " By this means it is anticipated that the time for Europe will be ...
... means to go before , so as to preclude another ; to get the start of , or to get ahead of ; to enjoy , possess , or suffer , in expectation . It is therefore misused in " By this means it is anticipated that the time for Europe will be ...
Page 193
... mean ? Calamity means in an abstract sense source of misery or of loss , but it is often misused to mean loss . Calamities are causes , losses are results . " The fire caused a great calamity " should read " caused a great loss . " It ...
... mean ? Calamity means in an abstract sense source of misery or of loss , but it is often misused to mean loss . Calamities are causes , losses are results . " The fire caused a great calamity " should read " caused a great loss . " It ...
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Page 213 - Hear the sledges with the bells Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight...
Page 211 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Page 219 - I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Page 212 - And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you. I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts ; I am no orator, as Brutus is: But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend : and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him.
Page 210 - As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Page 45 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 209 - O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion: What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, An
Page 44 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 209 - ... the flight of threescore years To push eternity from human thought, And smother souls immortal in the dust ? A soul immortal, spending all her fires, Wasting her strength in strenuous idleness, Thrown into tumult, raptur'd or alarm'd, At aught this scene can threaten or indulge, Resembles ocean into tempest wrought, To waft a feather, or to drown a fly.
Page 190 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.