Self Culture, Volume 7, Issue 1Werner Company, 1898 |
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... Czechs . Many of these learn German over and above , because with Czech alone they can have no communi- cations with the Western world . Germans master the Czech tongue . follows , therefore , that the execution of Count Badeni's edict ...
... Czechs . Many of these learn German over and above , because with Czech alone they can have no communi- cations with the Western world . Germans master the Czech tongue . follows , therefore , that the execution of Count Badeni's edict ...
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... Czechs , was forthwith repudiated by their constituents , and has remained a dead letter ever since . And this breach of faith on the part of the Czechs is the reason why the Germans now refuse to take part in any new conferences . The ...
... Czechs , was forthwith repudiated by their constituents , and has remained a dead letter ever since . And this breach of faith on the part of the Czechs is the reason why the Germans now refuse to take part in any new conferences . The ...
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... Czechs , who had written " democracy " on their banner , enthusiastically supported - nay , called for - repressive measures which no Legislative Assembly could brook , while the Cabinet cheerfully steered straight for Federalism and ...
... Czechs , who had written " democracy " on their banner , enthusiastically supported - nay , called for - repressive measures which no Legislative Assembly could brook , while the Cabinet cheerfully steered straight for Federalism and ...
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... Czechs and Poles were delighted at the late Premier's downfall ; even the Czechs themselves be- gan to see that they had provoked a storm which might , had it raged some- what longer , have made very short work of their political ...
... Czechs and Poles were delighted at the late Premier's downfall ; even the Czechs themselves be- gan to see that they had provoked a storm which might , had it raged some- what longer , have made very short work of their political ...
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... Czechs , it is highly probable that the per- sonal influence of Franz Josef will finally turn the scale and hinder further danger- ous developments during the year . The Czechs , too , are beginning to grasp the fact that a complete ...
... Czechs , it is highly probable that the per- sonal influence of Franz Josef will finally turn the scale and hinder further danger- ous developments during the year . The Czechs , too , are beginning to grasp the fact that a complete ...
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Page 7 - SOME ask'd me where the rubies grew, And nothing I did say : But with my finger pointed to The lips of Julia. Some ask'd how pearls did grow, and where ; Then spoke I to my girl, To part her lips, and show'd them there The quarelets of Pearl.
Page 73 - Every reader has his first book ; I mean to say, one book among all others which in early youth first fascinates his imagination, and at once excites and satisfies the desires of his mind.
Page 45 - I have gone the whole round of creation: I saw and I spoke. I, a work of God's hand for that purpose, received in my brain, And pronounced on, the rest of his handwork, — returned him again His creation's approval or censure; I spoke as I saw. I report, as a man may of God's work: all's love, yet all's law.
Page 9 - Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first, in loftiness of thought surpass'd ; The next, in majesty ; in both, the last. The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third, she join'd the former two.
Page 10 - Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love, But why did you kick me down stairs...
Page 24 - We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best.
Page 78 - With burnished neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant...
Page 11 - Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation. But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said.
Page 22 - As this old gentleman, who had been in all the German wars, found very few to listen to his tales of military feats, he formed a sort of alliance with me, and I used invariably to attend him for the pleasure of hearing those communications.