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... French , whose commanders knew exactly what they were about , suddenly halted on orders , and made such a vigorous and rapid offensive as to surprise and stupefy the hostile forces , who had grown increasingly confident and even ...
... French , whose commanders knew exactly what they were about , suddenly halted on orders , and made such a vigorous and rapid offensive as to surprise and stupefy the hostile forces , who had grown increasingly confident and even ...
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... all contingencies , was sure that not more than 150,000 could be landed in France in a whole year , whereas in a year and a half of American participation we had transported two full millions to the French coast , [ 7 ] INTRODUCTION.
... all contingencies , was sure that not more than 150,000 could be landed in France in a whole year , whereas in a year and a half of American participation we had transported two full millions to the French coast , [ 7 ] INTRODUCTION.
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... French coast , and from the success attained we could confidently promise two millions more by the middle of 1919 , with a fifth million to be held in reserve . There was this astounding record , though we had to construct our military ...
... French coast , and from the success attained we could confidently promise two millions more by the middle of 1919 , with a fifth million to be held in reserve . There was this astounding record , though we had to construct our military ...
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... French capital . The crest of the flood here broke , and from that moment the tide began to recede . When the Teutonic troops were being rolled back again from the Marne where Joffre had first defeated them four years before , there was ...
... French capital . The crest of the flood here broke , and from that moment the tide began to recede . When the Teutonic troops were being rolled back again from the Marne where Joffre had first defeated them four years before , there was ...
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... French 135,720 , by the Americans 43,300 , by the Belgians 14,500 . In early October the Kaiser in a lordly way " offered peace once more , " instead of suing for it , and through his newly- appointed leader , Prince Maximilian ...
... French 135,720 , by the Americans 43,300 , by the Belgians 14,500 . In early October the Kaiser in a lordly way " offered peace once more , " instead of suing for it , and through his newly- appointed leader , Prince Maximilian ...
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Page 173 - AND thou hast walked about, (how strange a story!) In Thebes's streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And Time had not begun to overthrow Those temples, palaces, and piles stupendous, Of which the very ruins are tremendous.
Page 263 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure ; Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 280 - And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord ; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
Page 197 - Lo ! in that house of misery A lady with a lamp I see Pass through the glimmering gloom, And flit from room to room. And slow, as in a dream of bliss, The speechless sufferer turns to kiss Her shadow, as it falls Upon the darkening walls.
Page 41 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; That opened not the house of his prisoners?
Page 1 - We are living, we are dwelling In a grand and awful time; In an age on ages telling, To be living is sublime!
Page 163 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with them...
Page 261 - Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Page 254 - E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to Thee. 2 Though like the wanderer, The sun gone down, Darkness be over me, My rest a stone; Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to Thee.
Page 279 - Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.