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...se extent he had measured on foot a couple of hours before, into the ancient town, as it was called in that part of the world, of Newport. The ancient... ...ambeth.” Bessie Alden was decidedly disgusted. “Where do you get such extraordinary ideas?” she asked. “You have said some such strange things lately.... ...tentive enough to make up for the accidental absences, the short memories, all the other irregularities of everyone else. He drove them in the park, h...

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...w-papers and old tin boxes, some of them of Peter’s hoarding, some of his father’s, John, first of the dynasty, a great man in his day. Among other co... ...best will in the world. But the trouble was, we did not know in what direction, and must continually return upon our steps. Ballantrae had in- deed co... ...n, the province must lie open to all the abominable trag- edies of Indian war – the houses blaze, the wayfarer be cut off, and the men of the woods co... ...Ballantrae Sir William looked across at me with a long face. Moun- tain forgot his wounds, staring and gaping. “My lord,” said I, “I wish you would co...

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... the possession of the object?’ he continued. ‘Still your uncle’s cabinet? A remarkable collector, sir!’ And the little pale, round-shouldered dealer ... ...omer, who was just like yourself, my dear sir, the nephew and sole heir of a remarkable collector.’ The dealer, while he thus ran on in his dry and bi... ...ly in a breeze of its own provocation. They 165 Merry Men were bound for Franchard, to collect plants, with an eye to the ‘Comparative Pharmacopoeia....

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...a, I ar- rived in New York towards the end of March, laden with a precious collection. My departure for France was fixed for the first days in May. Me... ...friends, my little lodging by the Jardin des Plantes, my dear and precious collections— but nothing could keep me back! I forgot all—fatigue, friends ... ...ections— but nothing could keep me back! I forgot all—fatigue, friends and collections—and accepted without hesita- tion the offer of the American Gov... ...stockings—without counting, as many as you can, and make haste.” “And your collections, sir?” observed Conseil. “They will keep them at the hotel.” “W... ...wering, struck his broad forehead with his hand (a habit of his), as if to collect himself, and said at last, “Perhaps I have, Mr. Aronnax.” “But, Ned... ...rks of great value, the greater part of which I had admired in the special collections of Europe, and in the exhibitions of paintings. Some admirable ... ...n’s egg, and were worth millions. Therefore, to estimate the value of this collection was simply impossible. Captain Nemo must have expended millions ... ...,000 Leagues Under the Sea to have been able thus to gratify his fancy for collecting, when I was interrupted by these words: “You are examining my sh... ...ting to a naturalist; but for me they have a far greater charm, for I have collected them all with my own hand, and there is not a sea on the face of ...

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... of all other parts. These we call merchants of light. “We have three that collect the experiments which are in all books. These we call depredators... ...nts which are in all books. These we call depredators. “We have three that collect the experiments of all mechanical arts, and also of liberal scien...

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...the camps where the patriot army destined for the lib- eration of Peru was collected. There he would in the end be recognized as Gaspar Ruiz—the deser... ...the lungs of a giant. An earthquake is a great leveller of distinctions. I collected all my resolution against the terror of the scene. ‘She is here,’... ...Misericordia! made a desolate murmur in his ears. He walked on, solemn and collected, as if carrying something holy, fragile, and precious. The earth ... ...f all. It was nothing less than the destruction of a store of war material collected secretly by the Spanish authorities in the south, in a town calle... ...f introduction from a good friend of mine in Paris, specifically to see my collection of Chinese bronzes and porcelain. My friend in Paris is a collec... ... Chinese bronzes and porcelain. My friend in Paris is a collector, too. He collects neither porcelain, nor bronzes, nor pictures, nor medals, nor stam... ...auctioneer’s hammer. He would reject, with genuine surprise, the name of a collector. Nevertheless, that’s what he is by tempera- ment. He collects ac... .... He brings to it the patience, the passion, the deter- mination of a true collector of curiosities. His collec- tion does not contain any royal perso... ...has schemed, plotted, and travelled all over Europe in order to add to his collection of distinguished personal ac- quaintances. As he is wealthy, wel...

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...encing soldiers—not to men- tion the soldiers’ letters Mr. James Milne has collected, or the unforgettable and immortal Prisoner of W ar of Mr. Arthur... ...is a part, I think, of this disposition to investigate what makes everyone collect “specimens” of the war. Everywhere the souvenir forces itself upon ... ...possible, I have found, to escape these pieces in evidence. I am the least collecting of men, but I have brought home Italian cartridges, Austrian car... ...ther of the idea for a story that I think I must have read in that curious collection of fantasies and observations, Hawthorne’s Note Book. It was to ... ... as real as any commonplace fact. I think that mankind is still as it were collectively dreaming and hardly more awakened to reality than a very young... ...gure—with perhaps some local exceptions behind the Gold Coast—is, with its collection of uniforms and its pomps and splendours, the purest survival of... ...y fire and the attack goes up at last to hunt them out of the dug-outs and collect the survivors. Until the attack is 54 War and the Future comfortab... ...lds are wildernesses of shell craters and coarse weeds, the very woods are collections of blasted stems and stripped branches. This absolutely ravaged... ...e, has this much in common, that he has never been drawn into the whirl of collective life in any real and assimilative fash- ion. This is what is the...

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...nscious virtue, of unimpeachable respectability, that distinguishes a rent collector in a low neighbourhood. “That wheel’s worth a pound,” said the ro... ...wayed sickeningly, surveying the exasperated crowd below him and trying to collect his mind. He was extraordinarily astonished at this run of mishaps.... ...soon get the hang of the position.” 4 4 4 4 4 Bert sat down on the locker, collecting his mind, and the young man talked to him about the airship. He ... ...and was drawn out to the gallery, where he found nearly a dozen of- ficers collected and scrutinising the helpless ruins of the battle- ship through f... ...upon this impatient continent had become simply material for the energy of collectors—were instantly a coruscation of war pictures and of headlines th... ...splendid best. “Gaw! What a place!” said Bert. It was so great, and in its collective effect so pacifically magnificent, that to make war upon it seem... ...ad always felt an especial pride and solicitude. Slowly, hour by hour, the collective conscious- ness woke up, the tide of patriotic astonishment and ... ... its rule. New Y ork had become a head- less monster, no longer capable of collective submission. Ev- erywhere it lifted itself rebelliously; everywhe... ..., indignant beyond measure. “‘E ‘asn’t the menners of a ‘og!” He stood up, collected his wits for a minute, and then went slowly towards the gangway o...

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... black hat, and play outside the best cafe in any Italian town, and you’ll collect enough to get on with.” It was a sporting chance. Aaron packed his ... ... wine. But a handful of chestnuts he accepted. The train-conductor, ticket-collector, and the heavy green soldier who protected them, swung open the d...

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...Introduction: The enterprise of messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again. Except for the two series of linked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called Tales of Space and Time, no short story of m...

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...s and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible this collection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any ... ...s life. Some few minutes later the little group of cabmen and loafers that collects round the cabman’s shelter at Haverstock Hill were startled by the... ...gh nervous energy to make him seek any exacting employments. He might have collected stamps or coins, or translated Horace, or bound books, or invente... ...cup for his second cupful of coffee. 35 H.G . Wells “Are these the things collected by that poor young fellow you told me of the other day?” asked hi... ... have something happen to you, some- thing really remarkable. “That orchid-collector was only thirty-six—twenty years younger than myself—when he died... ...ew species, or even a new genus. And it was the last that poor Batten ever collected.” “I don’t like the look of it,” said his housekeeper. “It’s such... ...e natives of his party were sufficiently civilised to take care of all his collection until his colleague, who was an orni- thologist, came back again... ...d anything new here—well, it’s brand new. I didn’t leave much.” “I’m not a collector,” said I. “I was young then,” he went on. “Lord! how I used to fl... ... know a few explorers by name,” I said, anticipating a yarn. “Whom did you collect for?” “Dawson’s. I wonder if you’ve heard the name of Butcher ever?...

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... An’ aye as love frae land to land Tirls the drum wi’ eident hand, A ’ men collect at her command, Toun-bred or land’art, An’ follow in a denty band H...

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...as enforced by those who imitated his ex- ample. By the time the suite was collected, Christmas and the festival of St. Thomas a Becket were so near t... ...were inexpressible. She stood for some minutes leaning against a pillar to collect her senses. Then her first thought was of consulting the Drummonds,... ...erance was come. Eleanor threw herself on her knees; Lady Lindsay began to collect their properties; Jean made a rush for the stair leading to the top... ...o shifts, proceeded to twist together all the horses’ hal- ters they could collect, so as to form a strong cable. T o avert suspicion, Sigismund appea... ...er, during the period of mourn- ing, he should go back to his dominions to collect a train worthy of his marriage with a king’s daughter; but this he ... ...ding a consulta- tion. Their means were well-nigh exhausted. What they had collected for their journey was nearly spent, and so was the sum with which...

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...Certain then of favors to come, the Comte de Fontaine made every effort to collect the elite of marrying men about his youngest daugh- ter. Those who ...

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...oach to Matilda: and lord Fitzwater had just time to assemble his retainers, collect a hasty supply of provision, raise the draw bridge, and drop the ... ... been born to this low estate. Their story had no mystery, and Marian easily collected it from the tenour of their conversation. The young man had bee...

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...ngress passed on the 7th day of June, A. D. 1862, entitled “An act for the collection of direct taxes in insurrectionary districts within the United S... ... of to-day received. I am very sorry to have offended you. I appointed the collector, as I thought, on your written recommendation, and the assessor a... ...llaneous ex- penses, including the mints, loans, post-office deficiencies, collection of revenue, and other like charges, $14,129,771.50; for expenses... ...provements in agriculture, in the introduction of new products, and in the collection of the agricultural statistics of the different States. Also, th... ...eral Schofield, on the twenty-eighth day of August last, for assessing and collecting from secessionists and Southern sympathizers the sum of five hun... ...nd found they had paid $30,000. If this be true, the inference is that the collecting agents pocketed the odd $20,000. And true or not in the instance... ...ct of Congress approved July 13, 1861, entitled “An act to provide for the collection of duties on im- ports, and for other purposes,” all commercial ... ...as a victory over the Government extorted by fear, and that he had already collected about $4000 of the money. If he has proceeded since, I shall hold... ...ved on the 13th of July, 1861, entitled “An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes,” do hereby declare...

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...nt into the dining room, sat down, drank some wine, and so soon as I could collect myself sufficiently I told her the things I had seen. The dinner, w...

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...ses that you would think de serving of the name. A town was nothing but a collection of straw covered huts, hidden in a thick wood, with a ditch all ... ...ry; and exercised such power over the neighbouring British princes, and so collected them about the King, that once, when the King held his court at C... ...son Sweyn, hastily raised as many fighting men as their utmost power could collect, and demanded to have Count Eustace and his followers sur rendered... ...e the Royal banner from the English Knights and soldiers, still faithfully collected round their blinded King. The King received a mortal wound, and d... ...Canter bury, which belonged to the family of Ranulf de Broc. They quietly collected some followers here, A Child’s Histroy of England 104 in case th... ...there was nothing that King Philip desired more than to invade England, he collected a A Child’s Histroy of England 134 great army at Rouen, and a fl... ... A Child’s Histroy of England 178 they separated; the King went to York to collect a force of soldiers; and the favourite shut him self up, in the me... ...government officers, killed some of them. At this very time one of the tax collectors, going his rounds from house to house, at Dartford in Kent came ... ...s at home, declared that she was under the age of fourteen; upon that, the collector (as other collectors had already done in different parts of Engla...

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...s at Providence and some- times at Newport. At stated times also it has to collect itself at Bristol, and at other stated times at Kingston, and at ot... ...s than the smaller town in which the two legislative houses are obliged to collect themselves. What must be the natural excellence of the harbor of Po... ...g even in Maine. But it did appear to me, from such information as I could collect, that the passing of it had done much to hinder and re- press a hab... ...belligerents. The argument used by the Northern States was this: if France collects men and material of war in the neighborhood of England, En- gland ... ...en said of any special regiment. But taking the whole mass of men who were collected under canvas at the end of the autumn of 1861, and who were so co... ...r the purposes of civil war—when the whole North had but the one object of collecting together a sufficient number of men to crush the South—ordinary ... ...sket. Taking them altogether, they were as fine a set of men as I ever saw collected. No man could doubt, on seeing them, that they bore on their coun... ...im. Population is thick with us; and there are many whom it may be well to collect and make available under the strictest surveillance. But of these m... ...eated. I have seen bags of it upset and left upon the ground. The labor of collecting it was more 172 North America V ol. 1 than it was worth. There ...

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...orical account of how some king or emperor, having quarreled with another, collects an army, fights his enemy’s army, gains a victory by killing three...

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...uld be per- formed, and the distinguished dignitary who bore the title of “Collector of Alms” went round to all the brothers. Pierre would have liked ... ...ed, ran all disheveled out of the mud hut to embrace him, and the officers collected round to greet the new arrival, Rostov experienced the same feeli... ... twos and threes in the roofless, half-ruined houses. The seniors tried to collect straw and po- tatoes and, in general, food for the men. The younger... ...e smell was so strong there that Rostov held his nose and had to pause and collect his strength before he could go on. A door opened to the right, and...

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...had passed us who were conversing with eagerness upon the case: so much we collected from the many and ardent expressions about ‘the lady’s beauty,’ t... ...once she ventured upon the circum- stances (so far as she had been able to collect them from the reports of those who had been present at the examinat... ... that city, and the only one known certainly to be authentic. It is in the collection of Mr. Sempeller. For some time it was sup- posed that the best ... ...sidering the service—a flowering plant, sup- pose the second best in their collection. I know it would be of no use to ask for the very best, (which e... ... lands, until they would all be obliged to re- nounce their flocks, and to collect in towns like Sarepta, there to pursue mechanical and servile trade... ...thus, for some hours, it had been impossible for the most practised eye to collect the general tendency of the day’s for- tune. Both the Khan and Zebe... ...ruggles, and perishing in each other’s arms. Did the Bashkirs at any point collect into a cluster for the sake of giving impe- tus to the assault? Thi... ...de, which spread havoc amongst the Bashkir tribe. As often as the Bashkirs collected into ‘globes’ and ‘turms’ as their only means of meeting the long... ...mber and the position of birds, whether to the right or the left, had been collected from our own village matrons amongst ourselves, it would appear t...

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...gel. Ellida, it is a fearful thing you ask of me. At least give me time to collect myself before I come to a deci- sion. Let us talk it over more care...

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...o the feast, as had been arranged, but on arriving he missed his host. So he collected his men around him and stayed there a few nights, quite unaware... ...ich he was aware of a man seated. There was much treasure of gold and silver collected together, and a casket under his feet, full of silver. Grettir ... ...e farms. There was a man named Bjarni who dwelt in Jorvi in Flysjuhverfi. He collected men on the other side of the Hitara; the intention was that eac... ... much trouble in gathering wood for fire. Grettir always employed the man to collect the drift, and there were often logs cast ashore there which he b... ...sel if you see not through these wiles. Now, I will advise you. First go and collect men; ride to your brother in law Halldor in Hof and get help from...

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...e Missourian crosses the plains toting his wares and his cattle, As the fare collector goes through the train he gives notice by the jingling of loose... ...lling these songs. T HESE I S INGING IN S PRING These I singing in spring collect for lovers, (For who but I should understand lovers and all their... ...and all their sorrow and joy? And who but I should be the poet of comrades?) Collecting I traverse the garden the world, but soon I pass the gates, No... ...riends dead or alive, thicker they come, a great crowd, and I in the middle, Collecting, dispensing, singing, there I wander with them, Plucking somet... ...eligible as I am? How can I but as here chanting, invite you for yourself to collect bouquets of the incomparable feuillage of these States? Leaves of... ...he same on the walls of your German, French and Spanish castles, and Italian collections, For know a better, fresher, busier sphere, a wide, untried d... ...es, or agriculture itself? Old institutions, these arts, libraries, legends, collections, and the practice handed along in manufactures, will we rate ... ...e vast, with many a broken spar and tatter’d sail.) Or from the sea of Time, collecting vasting all, I bring, A windrow drift of weeds and shells. O l... ...th oval countenances learn’d and calm, Some naked and savage, some like huge collections of insects, Some in tents, herdsmen, patriarchs, tribes, hors...

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...n a month later. 13 Tolstoy This man is still needed to justify the final collective act. That act is performed. The last role is played. The actor i... ... it exists to suck the fragrance of flowers. A bee- keeper, seeing the bee collect pollen from flowers and carry it to the hive, says that it exists t... ...chiefly historical, and on these he spent a certain sum every year. He was collecting, as he said, a serious library, and he made it a rule to read th... ...? Perhaps they will be fashionable again by then. Well, let’s go now.” And collecting the presents they went first to the nursery and then to the old ... ...ns are an amusement—almost a pastime,” said Pierre. “For in- stance, he is collecting a library and has made it a rule not to buy a new book till he h... ...to ex- change history’s understanding of power for true gold. Power is the collective will of the people transferred, by expressed or tacit consent, t... ...g of the mutations of power in time it can answer nothing. If power be the collective will of the people transferred to their ruler, was Pugachev a re... ...understand the question of the meaning of power, seem to consider that the collective will of the people is unconditionally transferred to his- torica... ...swers. Equally little does this view explain why for several centuries the collective will is not withdrawn from certain rulers and their heirs, and t...

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... lady’s maid, also big. She said…” Here Prince Hippolyte paused, evidently collecting his ideas with difficulty . “She said… Oh yes! She said, ‘Girl,’... ...om. The count took the gentlemen into his study and showed them his choice collection of Turkish pipes. From time to time he went out to ask: “Hasn’t ... ...s new science you call ‘strategy.’” Prince Andrew smiled. “Give me time to collect my wits, Father,” said he, with a smile that showed that his father... ...e always spoke thus of his son) “has been telling me what forces are being collected against him! While you and I never thought much of him.” Michael ...

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...e except by London and Paris. But Washing- ton is but a ragged, unfinished collection of unbuilt broad streets, as to the completion of which there ca... ...s or on that spot. Large cities, espe- cially in these latter days, do not collect themselves in unhealthy places. Men desert such localities—or at le... ... the up-stairs room, while the men were going about in punts and wherries, collecting drift-wood from the river for their winter’s firing. In some pla... ...p from your chair in the agony of the crash, and by the time that you have collected your thoughts the whole crowd is off in a general stampede into t... ...ny eye to the natural beauties of the place. A large force of men had been collected there, and also a fleet of gun-boats. We had come there fortified... ...ted by popular suffrage, how much more than true must it be with a chamber collected together as the Senate of the United States is collected! Neverth... ...me can be arranged by which a moderately just income tax can be levied and collected. This difficulty I have already mentioned, but perhaps it will be... ...ld crush the States of Iowa and Indiana—which indeed no tax gatherer could collect out of those States. Rhode Island and Massachu- setts could with th... ... with their ready money buy Iowa and Indiana; and yet the income tax to be collected from the poor 205 Trollope States is to be the same in amount as...

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...ady’s maid, also big. She said...” Here Prince Hippolyte paused, evidently collecting his ideas with difficulty. “She said... Oh yes! She said, ‘Girl,... ...om. The count took the gentlemen into his study and showed them his choice collection of Turkish pipes. From time to time he went out to ask: “Hasn’t ... ...s new science you call ‘strategy.’” Prince Andrew smiled. “Give me time to collect my wits, Father,” said he, with a smile that showed that his father... ...e always spoke thus of his son) “has been telling me what forces are being collected against him! While you and I never thought much of him.” Michael ... ...o wished to see him. He did not know whom to answer, and for a few seconds collected his thoughts. Then the Russian ambassador took him by the shoulde... ...in peaceful occu- pations, the cavalry feeding the horses and the infantry collecting wood. “He higher iss dan I in rank,” said the German colonel of ... ...fled shout almost behind them in the wood. The French had attacked the men collecting wood in the copse. It was no longer possible for the hussars to ... ... for him, that he paid no attention to it. The aunt was just speaking of a collection of snuffboxes that had belonged to Pierre’s father, Count Bezukh... ...ssary for the uniform and equipment of the newly commissioned officer were collected. Anna Mikhaylovna, practical woman that she was, had even managed...

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...n the street who had the presence of mind to pretend that he (or she) was “collecting” it for the annihilation of the enemy. Swindlers were emboldened... ...ssed young women found that they had nothing to do but parade the streets, collecting-box in hand, and live gloriously on the profits. Many months ela... ...secretary into prison pour encourages les autres, and the passionate penny collecting of the Flag Days was brought under some sort of regulation. Madn... ...alf brother only [he turns away from Mangan with his usual abruptness, and collects the empty tea-cups on the Chinese tray]. MANGAN [irritated]. See h... ...D. Really, Randall! HECTOR. It seems to me that we shall have to take up a collection for this inopportunely contrite sinner. LADY UTTERWORD. But twen... .... Doesn’t she? RANDALL. Not a scrap. She may want your scalp to add to her collection; but her true affection has been engaged years ago. You had real...

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...hich there was sufficient in Moscow for the whole army—and methodically to collect the provisions, of which (according to the French historians) there... ... as the false paper money which flooded Moscow lost its value. The French, collecting booty, cared only for gold. Not only was the paper money valuele... ...ing. It was not till nearly evening that the officer commanding the escort collected his men and with shouts and quarrels forced his way in among the ...

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...idea was eagerly received. The Emperor gave his consent. The aides-de-camp collected money by subscrip- tion. The lady who was thought to be most plea... ...laints were made against the troops, who, taking advantage of the order to collect provisions, took also horses, carriages, and carpets from the Polis... ... and boxes of which Madame Schoss who was fond of such things made a large collection, and in spite of being deprived of the country life to which she...

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...ler: German Writer — 1759-1805. Volume One Preface THE PRESENT IS the only collected edition of the principal works of Schiller which is accessible to... ...orporated, after some revision or necessary correction, into the following collection; but on the other hand a large proportion of the contents have b... ...nvited Matthias into the country. After the dispersion of the force he had collected at Passau, the Emperor remained helpless at Prague, where he was ... ...h the loss of half his army he reached the opposite bank, where he quickly collected his shattered troops, and formed a junction with Mansfeld. Pursue... ...ony began to arm itself. Extraordi- nary contributions were levied, troops collected, and magazines filled. Negociations for subsidies were set on foo... ...t of their message before the imperial ambassadors arrived. He had time to collect himself, and his countenance exhibited an external calmness, while ... ...ports provided, a fleet fitted out, provisions, military stores, and money collected. Thirty ships of war were in a short time pre- pared, 15,000 men ... ...lled for by those who com- manded in that quarter. With all expedition, he collected the imperial troops which were dis- persed over the empire; but i... ...tection for its religion and its privileges. The Administrator immediately collected troops and commenced hostilities, before 179 Friedrich Schiller ...

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...ch I contemplate. And it is all my poetisation and aspiration to compose and collect into unity what is fragment and riddle and fearful chance. 131 F... ...ured canopy. I taught them all my poetisation and aspiration: to compose and collect into unity what is fragment in man, and riddle and fearful chance... ... one heart for many longing ones, one will for many instruments”:—around him collecteth a people, that is to say, many attempting ones. 193 Friedrich...

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...y impossible. It was impossible to give battle before information had been collected, the wounded gathered in, the supplies of ammuni- tion replenishe... ...he head of the family, Count Ilya Rostov, continually drove about the city collecting the current rumors from all sides and gave superficial and hasty... ... in the frieze coat was reading the broadsheet of August 31 When the crowd collected round him he seemed confused, but at the demand of the tall lad w... ...instructions he had received, informed the count that an immense crowd had collected in the court- yard and wished to see him. Without saying a word R... ... him and stretched out, and the strange face was before him. Prince Andrew collected all his strength in an effort to recover his senses, he moved a l... ... alongside, and blew our way, the maid called out ‘Fire!’ and we rushed to collect our things. We ran out just as we were…. This is what we have broug... ...h, ah!” muttered the officer with a frown. “Well then, march!” A crowd had collected round the Uhlans. Nearest to Pierre stood the pockmarked peasant ...

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... the river Marina and drowned some eighteen thousand in one day.” Alpatych collected his parcels, handed them to the coach- man who had come in, and s... ...ed that on the morning of the very day he gave the village Elder orders to collect carts to move the princess’ luggage from Bogucharovo, there had bee... ... a short man, coming up. “V ery large,” answered Rostov. “But why have you collected here?” he added. “Is it a holiday?” “The old men have met to talk... ...ing for the show. “Y ou don’t spare anyone,” said Julie Drubetskaya as she collected and pressed together a bunch of raveled lint with her thin, berin...

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...ou, sorry?’ A shade of archness was in her voice. The girl waited as if to collect something in her mind, and was now a patronizing woman. ‘Why, you d... ...d there was the plea of nerves. But the names of half- a-dozen ladies were collected, and then followed much laugh- ter, and musical hubbub, and delic... ...sion. Evan was astonished and pleased to find in him an enthusiastic fern- collector. Not that Mr. Harrington shared the passion, but the sight of the...

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...ld.The National Security Agency (NSA), the huge Defense Department signals collection agency, ramped up its communications intercept network and searc... ...dward Levi adopted domestic security guide- lines to regulate intelligence collection in the United States and to deflect calls for even stronger regu... ...ange had to occur within the FBI.The plan mandated a stronger intelligence collection effort. It called for a nationwide automated system to facilitat... ...ort. It called for a nationwide automated system to facilitate information collection, analysis,and dissemination.It envisioned the creation of a prof... ...orist activity, determine what the FBI did not know , and ultimately drive collection efforts. However, the FBI had little appre- ciation for the role... ...he U.S. homeland. 24 Third, the FBI did not have an effective intelligence collection effort. Col- lection of intelligence from human sources was limi... ...oreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. 29 This law reg- ulated intelligence collection directed at foreign powers and agents of foreign powers in the U... ...s could be briefed on FISA information but could not direct or control its collection. 30 Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Justice prosecutors ha... ...ndependent from a cab- inet agency is the CIA.As an independent agency, it collects, analyzes, and dis- seminates intelligence from all sources.The CI...