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On the shores, near and far, the glow of just-lit gas-clusters at intervals. The ice, sometimes in hummocks, sometimes floating fields, through which our boat goes crunching. The light permeated by that peculiar evening haze, right after sunset, which sometimes renders quite distant objects so distinctly. Feb. 10. The first chirping, almost singing, of a bird to-day.
Chesterfield was Secretary of State from Nov. 1746 to Feb. 1748. His letters to his son extend from 1739 to 1768. Foote had taken off Lord Chesterfield in The Cozeners. Mrs. Aircastle trains her son Toby in the graces. She says to her husband: 'Nothing but grace! I wish you would read some late Posthumous Letters; you would then know the true value of grace. Act ii. sc. 2.
Puseyites." But this was probably an exaggeration. "The sagacious and aspiring man of the world, the scrutiniser of the heart, the conspirator against its privileges and rights." Prophetical Office of the Church, p. 132. Parochial Sermons, iv. 20. Feb. 1836. Vide J.B. Mozley, Letters, pp. 114, 115. "Confidence in me was lost, but I had already lost confidence in myself."
February 14 Von Bernstorff sails for Germany. Feb. 25 British under Gen. Maude capture Kut-el-Amara; submarine sinks liner Laconia without warning; many lost including two Americans. Feb. 26 President Wilson asks congress for authority to arm American merchantships. Feb. 28 Secretary Lansing makes public Zimmerman note to Mexico, proposing Mexican-Japanese-German alliance.
The address of Dr. Shaw, the national president, gave a great impetus to suffrage work in the State. Mrs. Jacobs and the other officers were re-elected, except that Mrs. Frederick Koenig was made auditor. On Feb. 9, 1916, the State convention was held in Gadsden and the evidences of the growth of the suffrage movement were most heartening, 26 local associations sending reports. Mrs.
This sum was received when we were in the deepest need; and after it had pleased the Lord to allow a very protracted trial of faith and patience; but see, beloved reader, He did not disappoint nor forsake us, as He never does those who really trust in Him. The joy of such a deliverance cannot be tasted without the experience of the previous trial. "Feb. 26, 1898.
The anarchical movement, once begun, hurried on until the government of France fell into the hands of men controlled by the populace of Paris. On Feb. 3, 1793, the French Republic declared war against England: the issue was instantly accepted. As the two powers were unable conveniently to reach each other on land, great efforts were made on both sides to fit out fleets.
In stepping over a stile I said to myself: "Perhaps God has a reason even in this." About five minutes afterwards I met a Christian gentleman who gave me two sovereigns for the orphans, and then I knew the reason why I had been led this way. Feb. 3. The reader might say, "You are continually in need. No sooner is the one demand met, than another comes.
He complains in another letter, written to Du Maurier Feb. 6, 1632 , that he found a want of courage in good men, and his misfortunes prevented them from speaking with freedom. Vossius explains his friend's reasons for coming to Holland in a letter of the thirteenth of February, 1632 , to William Laud, Bishop of London.
Our ladies talked meanwhile exactly as they might at an American watering-place, without apparently observing anything about them. When we came to the statue of St. Peter, P said, pointing to the big toe: "You see there the mischief that can be done by too much kissing." Nearly a third of the toe has been worn away by the oscular applications of the faithful. Feb. 4. Dr.
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