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He gave to Givet a stone bridge over the Meuse, and at Sedan the widow Madame Rousseau received from him the sum of sixty thousand francs for the re-establishment of the factory destroyed by fire. Indeed, I cannot begin to enumerate all the benefits, both public and private, which the First Consul and Madame Bonaparte scattered along their route.
But, in chronic cases, lasting over months and years, where the fatal issue is often determined at last by mere protracted starvation, I had rather not enumerate the instances which I have known where a little ingenuity, and a great deal of perseverance, might, in all probability, have averted the result.
The library she had collected at Rivington she had brought with her, and was adding to it from time to time. Its volumes are neither sufficiently extensive or profound to enumerate.
The contributions of learning to labor, in a pecuniary aspect alone, have far exceeded the contributions of labor to learning. It is impossible to enumerate the evidences in support of this statement, but single facts will give us some conception of their aggregated value and force. It was stated by Mr.
It may be well to enumerate our force, and to relate the order of our march, that the reader may better comprehend the sort of business we were on. Herman Mordaunt took with him, in addition to the ladies, a black cook, and a black serving-girl; a negro-man, to lake care of his horses, and another as his house-servant.
The reliefs on the Arch of Constantine are rude and clumsy compared with those on the Column of Marcus Aurelius. But I do not wish to describe the decline of art, or enumerate the names of the celebrated masters who exalted sculpture in the palmy days of Pericles, or even Alexander.
An important consideration, is the variety of food obtainable in the arctic regions. We need not particularly classify the creatures found in the two seasons of summer and winter, but may enumerate the principal together. Of animals fit for food are musk-oxen, bears, reindeer, hares, foxes, &c. Of fish, there is considerable variety, salmon and trout being the chief and never-failing supply.
It is impossible to enumerate all the indoor group games that are offered, but in selecting a game you must make sure that it really has some sense in it, and that it does not stimulate the gambling spirit, as do so many of the games with dice or a spinning wheel as a part of the equipment. All toys that encourage healthy outdoor sports are worth while.
It would carry us too far to enumerate the instances which might be adduced. But we may quote a few. When the covenant was made between God and Abraham, upon which all the subsequent revelation reposed, the divine presence was represented by a smoking furnace, and a lamp of fire that passed between the divided pieces of the sacrifice.
"You surprise me! What have you read?" "O, a little of everything. My father has a large book case, and I have a small collection of books, myself." "Hm, hm," said the embryo secretary, "but enumerate to me some of the books you have read." "Do you really wish to know?" "Yes, dear Nanna, pardon me Mademoiselle Nanna I should have said. Now Mademoiselle, please be seated, the grass is quite soft.
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