Old Pictures of Life, Volume 2Stone and Kimball, 1894 |
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Page 6
... result . He declared the army to be ruined by the theaters and the circus ; that the people were a mob which stood ready to yell over any new thing , regardless of any principles the despot might rep- resent . By the close of the fifth ...
... result . He declared the army to be ruined by the theaters and the circus ; that the people were a mob which stood ready to yell over any new thing , regardless of any principles the despot might rep- resent . By the close of the fifth ...
Page 34
... It catches only great out- lines of causes and results . It permits us to imagine through the dark ages great pencils of light and sunny islands in the shadowy sea . Youth , middle life , and later 34 OLD PICTURES OF LIFE .
... It catches only great out- lines of causes and results . It permits us to imagine through the dark ages great pencils of light and sunny islands in the shadowy sea . Youth , middle life , and later 34 OLD PICTURES OF LIFE .
Page 128
... result reached by the Greek , for no branch of learning has advanced in our century more rapidly than the study of justice and mercy . While the thousands of students were passing in and out of our college walls with the classic books ...
... result reached by the Greek , for no branch of learning has advanced in our century more rapidly than the study of justice and mercy . While the thousands of students were passing in and out of our college walls with the classic books ...
Page 137
... results in the kitchen , but also to results in the intel- lectual kingdom . More things are over- done in the parlor than in the kitchen . When man began making a language many thousands of years ago , he fell into all kinds of ...
... results in the kitchen , but also to results in the intel- lectual kingdom . More things are over- done in the parlor than in the kitchen . When man began making a language many thousands of years ago , he fell into all kinds of ...
Page 139
... result we have on our charity hundreds of these worn - out words - dead beauties wrapped in mummy - bands and soaked in asphaltum " Put a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the devil . " The meaning of this proverb is obscure , but ...
... result we have on our charity hundreds of these worn - out words - dead beauties wrapped in mummy - bands and soaked in asphaltum " Put a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the devil . " The meaning of this proverb is obscure , but ...
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