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It ran down the middle of the street, which sloped gently toward it, and there were no sidewalks. Conductors were coming into use before the Revolution. Encyc. meth. The manure spread before sick men's doors to deaden the sound of wheels was washed down the street to add to the destructive qualities which already characterized the mud of Paris.
It was a tedious matter to put these things on; and if a pebble got in through a button-hole, the soldier was tempted to leave it in his shoe, until it had made his foot sore. Uniforms were seldom renewed. Encyc. meth. Susane, ix. All parts of the soldier's uniform were tight and close fitting. I think that this was learned from the Prussians.
He assumed, or was given, a nom de guerre such as La Tulippe, La Tendresse, Pollux, Pot-de-Vin, Vide-bouteille, or Va-de-bon-coeur. His term of service was seven or eight years, but he was by no means sure of getting a fair discharge at the end of it; and was in any case likely to reenlist. Mercier, x. 273. Segur, i. 222; Encyc. meth. The uniforms of the day were ill adapted to campaigning.
"In the book which now exists we find gathered together the most precious fruits of the wisdom of Israel during many hundreds of years, and undoubtedly the later centuries were richer, or at all events fuller, in their contributions than the earlier. "Proverbs," Encyc. The book is divided into several sections: 1.
In 1900 there were 7399 female physicians and surgeons in the United States, and 808 female dentists. In 1900 there were 1049 women lawyers in the United States. The above statements are from Bliss, Encyc., p. 1291. In 1900 there were 3405 women clergy in the United States. In 1900 there were 2193 women journalists in the United States.
"Then two of his friends put to him the solemn question: 'Reverend Father, do you die in Christ and in the doctrine you have constantly preached? He answered by an audible and joyful 'Yes; and, repeating the verse, 'Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit, he expired peacefully, without a struggle." Encyc. Britannica.
But its practical effect was, that on the death of the imperfect man, another finite existence of some sort necessarily took his place. But this new finite existence was not the former man. W. Max Muller, on "Egypt," in the Encyc. To our modern feeling it seems rather wide.
Pick out and explain the curious allusions in the play, noticing that these may be classed as geographical, mythological, astrological, or referable to persons or customs of the time, or books of the day. Encyc. art. Harsnett, 'A Discovery of the Fraudulent Practices of John Darrel, in which is narrated how the Starkeys' children were possessed by a demon, and how the Puritan minister, Mr.
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