The Century: 1898, כרך 57Century Company, 1899 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 6-10 מתוך 100
עמוד 91
... army officers . Their father had been a Spanish officer . All their associations had been in Spanish military circles . They as- sured me that it was a mistake to suppose that the Spaniards would not visit us in a friendly way . To ...
... army officers . Their father had been a Spanish officer . All their associations had been in Spanish military circles . They as- sured me that it was a mistake to suppose that the Spaniards would not visit us in a friendly way . To ...
עמוד 111
... army ; yet , saddleless , he sprang on his horse's back , and galloped in the direction of the light . It was the farm - not the house itself , but the barns . Neighbors were appearing with buckets of water . " Oh , go get Aunt ...
... army ; yet , saddleless , he sprang on his horse's back , and galloped in the direction of the light . It was the farm - not the house itself , but the barns . Neighbors were appearing with buckets of water . " Oh , go get Aunt ...
עמוד 134
... army officers at the fort adjoining , were generously fur- nished , and the same can be said of the equipments of the ships . No reason what- ever can be found to suppose that the powder was bad , when all the other material seemed so ...
... army officers at the fort adjoining , were generously fur- nished , and the same can be said of the equipments of the ships . No reason what- ever can be found to suppose that the powder was bad , when all the other material seemed so ...
עמוד 146
... army ; he has been regent ; is a man who reminds one of Marshal MacMahon , but with more good sense and more sympathy with modern ideas . Mean- while , as some confirmation of the Serrano- Sagasta rumor , Señor Castelar , who had given ...
... army ; he has been regent ; is a man who reminds one of Marshal MacMahon , but with more good sense and more sympathy with modern ideas . Mean- while , as some confirmation of the Serrano- Sagasta rumor , Señor Castelar , who had given ...
עמוד 150
... army , as antici- pated , were overcome by sheer expectancy , and the whole matter ended with the escape of the general to Spain and the dispersal of his followers . After this , affairs went on as before , and Tacon was undisputed ...
... army , as antici- pated , were overcome by sheer expectancy , and the whole matter ended with the escape of the general to Spain and the dispersal of his followers . After this , affairs went on as before , and Tacon was undisputed ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
admiral Admiral Cervera ain't Alexander Alexander's Alfonso XII American answered arms army Arrian asked battle boats called canal Captain Carlyle cavalry Charidemus command Congosto court crew Cuba dead deck enemy engine eyes face father feet fire fleet force Franklin Gilbert give Greece Greek guns hand harbor Havana head hundred Kate Key West king knew land letter Lewis Carroll Lieutenant light live looked LOUIS LOEB Macedonian Maine ment Merrimac miles Monvel morning Morro naval navy never Nicaragua Canal night officers once Parmenion passed Persian person Philip Plutarch port queen Santiago Santiago de Cuba seemed sent ship shore side soon Spain Spaniards Spanish stood tell things thought tion told took torpedoes train troops turned vessel voice words wounded young
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 138 - Who, doomed to go in company with pain, And fear, and bloodshed, miserable train! Turns his necessity to glorious gain; In face of these doth exercise a power Which is our human nature's highest dower; Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives...
עמוד 505 - AB, profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, his Eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God, blessed for evermore ; and do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.
עמוד 397 - ... that if he would give me, weekly, half the money he paid for my board, I would board myself. He instantly agreed to it, and I presently found that I could save half what he paid me.
עמוד 405 - I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers.
עמוד 514 - Here is my creed. I believe in one God, the creator of the universe. That He governs it by His providence. That He ought to be worshipped. That the most acceptable service we render to Him is doing good to His other children. That the soul of man is immortal and will be treated with justice in another life respecting its conduct in this.
עמוד 399 - ... the best school of philosophy, morality, and politics that then existed in the province; for our queries, which were read the week preceding their discussion, put us upon reading with attention...
עמוד 396 - I read, and have since often regretted that, at a time when I had such a thirst for knowledge, more proper books had not fallen in my way, since it was now resolved I should not be a clergyman.
עמוד 397 - ... which I was careful to return soon and clean. Often I sat up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted.
עמוד 515 - Being in conducting me prosperously through a long life, I have no doubt of its continuance in the next, though without the smallest conceit of meriting such goodness.
עמוד 396 - My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read ) and the opinion of all his friends that I should certainly make a good scholar encouraged him in this purpose of his. My uncle Benjamin, too...