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At the north the contracting lines maintained a constantly increasing pressure on the vanquished, forcing them back upon Sedan under the merciless fire of the batteries that lined the horizon in an array without a break.

These will sooner or later and much sooner than later supplant the practical portions of the woman's magazine, leaving only the general contents, which are equally interesting to men and to women. Hence the field for the magazine with the essentially feminine appeal is contracting rather than broadening, and it is likely to contract much more rapidly in the future.

At this congress the high contracting parties agreed to name a commission to make provision, generally, for the secure navigation of the seas.

For different reasons it was scarcely less important to Undine: she had no wish to affront again the social reprobation that had so nearly wrecked her. But she could not keep up the life she was leading without more money, a great deal more money; and the thought of contracting her expenditure was no longer tolerable.

It is true, as the high contracting parties assume, that the United States have, on their part, claims to urge against Mexico. Upon due consideration, however, the President is of opinion that it would be inexpedient to seek satisfaction of their claims at this time through an act of accession to the convention.

Here, in the spring time, came the young men with thoughts appropriate to the season, and sheepish exceedingly; for they knew that Father Concha knew all about them, and would take an unfair advantage of his opportunities, refusing probably to perform the ceremony until he was satisfied as to the ways and means and prudence of the contracting parties which of course he had no right to do.

In the projected treaty carried by the same representative, the following appears: "Both contracting parties guarantee to each other the integrity of their respective territories, as constituted before the present war, keeping the boundaries possessed at that time by each captaincy general or viceroyalty of those who now have resumed the exercise of their sovereignty, unless in a legal way two or more of them have agreed to form a single body or nation, as has happened with the old captaincy general of Venezuela and the kingdom of Nueva Granada, which now form the Republic of Colombia."

Jasperson came to the ranch at the time of the March branding, and it was well understood between the contracting parties Ajax and I of the first part, and Jasper Jasperson of the second part, all of San Lorenzo County, in the State of California that the said Jasperson came to us as a favour, and, so to speak, under protest.

Lathrop manoeuvred further. "I straightened it out!" she announced further. Miss Clegg approached the bed. "I don't believe 's it was ever broke," she said in deep disgust. "Dr. Brown said he wa'n't sure," the invalid continued, elongating and contracting herself, caterpillar-like, "he said 's he 'd wait the windin' " "Mrs. Lathrop," said Susan suddenly, "I 've jus' thought!

There is the same minute and faithful imagery as in the former poem, in the same vivid colours, inspirited by the same impetuous vigour of thought, and diverging and contracting with the same activity of the assimilative and of the modifying faculties; and with a yet larger display, a yet wider range of knowledge and reflection; and lastly, with the same perfect dominion, often domination, over the whole world of language.