Self Culture; a Monthly Devoted to the Interests of the Home University League, Volume 2, Issue 6Edward Cornelius Toune, Graeme Mercer Adam Self-culture magazine Company, 1896 |
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Page 853
... give him the title of an excellent patriot , of a wise and virtuous man , and one is in fact tempted to ascribe to ... gives good military fare , and is very civil to all the officers admitted to his table . It is ordinarily the moment ...
... give him the title of an excellent patriot , of a wise and virtuous man , and one is in fact tempted to ascribe to ... gives good military fare , and is very civil to all the officers admitted to his table . It is ordinarily the moment ...
Page 856
... give some absent friend as a toast ; the name not unfrequently awakes a pleasing remembrance of past events and gives a new turn to the animated colloquy . " General Washington is more cheerful than he was in the army . Although his ...
... give some absent friend as a toast ; the name not unfrequently awakes a pleasing remembrance of past events and gives a new turn to the animated colloquy . " General Washington is more cheerful than he was in the army . Although his ...
Page 857
... give a superemi- nency and introductory to the paraphernalia of courts . " HE region of South America known as Venezuela claims an area of 632,807 square miles ; more than that of any coun- try in Europe except Russia . In the southwest ...
... give a superemi- nency and introductory to the paraphernalia of courts . " HE region of South America known as Venezuela claims an area of 632,807 square miles ; more than that of any coun- try in Europe except Russia . In the southwest ...
Page 858
... give them an abundant sup- ply of water until the bushes are fully grown . This requires irrigating facili- ties , without which a coffee plantation is impossible . The coffee trees mature about the seventh year . They give a small crop ...
... give them an abundant sup- ply of water until the bushes are fully grown . This requires irrigating facili- ties , without which a coffee plantation is impossible . The coffee trees mature about the seventh year . They give a small crop ...
Page 859
... gives it a port , that of La Guira , the most important port in Venezuela . This railroad climbs 8,600 feet in about twenty miles , and enters through a pass the valley in which Caracas is situated , a valley , the elevation of which is ...
... gives it a port , that of La Guira , the most important port in Venezuela . This railroad climbs 8,600 feet in about twenty miles , and enters through a pass the valley in which Caracas is situated , a valley , the elevation of which is ...
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Page 879 - My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea : and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
Page 880 - Woe unto them that join house to house, That lay field to field, till there be no place, That they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Page 879 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
Page 880 - For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
Page 875 - And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart...
Page 876 - And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln : and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon.
Page 880 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Page 878 - Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
Page 902 - A History of Our Own Times, from the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880. Four Vols. demy Svo, cloth extra, 12s. each. — Also a POPULAR EDITION, in Four Vols. crown 8vo, cloth extra, 6s. each. A Short History of Our Own Times.
Page 880 - Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.