The Living Age, Volume 274Living Age Company, 1912 - Literature |
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Page 12
... present at the time , the Cantonese without a word of parley or explana- tion immediately opened fire on the Town Guards and their prisoners at a distance of about thirty yards . Taken entirely by surprise , the escort turned and fled ...
... present at the time , the Cantonese without a word of parley or explana- tion immediately opened fire on the Town Guards and their prisoners at a distance of about thirty yards . Taken entirely by surprise , the escort turned and fled ...
Page 15
... present moment , nothing was done -the reason being that the authorities did not dare to take the risk . Other troops get their pay as and when they can : the Cantonese from obvious mo- tives of expediency are kept paid up to date ...
... present moment , nothing was done -the reason being that the authorities did not dare to take the risk . Other troops get their pay as and when they can : the Cantonese from obvious mo- tives of expediency are kept paid up to date ...
Page 28
... present generation . In the dawn and in the noontide of geo- graphical discovery the Poles were not regarded as objects of attainment in themselves . The early Arctic navi- gators were concerned in finding a short route to the Indies ...
... present generation . In the dawn and in the noontide of geo- graphical discovery the Poles were not regarded as objects of attainment in themselves . The early Arctic navi- gators were concerned in finding a short route to the Indies ...
Page 50
... present . The women were at work , or were pawning their bits of things . That open space slopes up the hill rather steeply for London , and stand- ing at the top of the rise , where so many fine men and women have knelt to " lose their ...
... present . The women were at work , or were pawning their bits of things . That open space slopes up the hill rather steeply for London , and stand- ing at the top of the rise , where so many fine men and women have knelt to " lose their ...
Page 55
... present neglect , for if a reader's difficulties were to be the touchstone of foreign fame much of " Faust " and much of the " Divine Com- edy " would remain unknown outside their native countries . Some of Browning's poems , moreover ...
... present neglect , for if a reader's difficulties were to be the touchstone of foreign fame much of " Faust " and much of the " Divine Com- edy " would remain unknown outside their native countries . Some of Browning's poems , moreover ...
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