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"Executive Mansion, "Washington, Oct. 24, 1889. "Hon. Shelby M. Cullom, "Springfield, Ills. "My dear Senator: "I want to say a few words further to you about the Chicago appointments. There has been for some months a good deal of complaint that changes were not made.
In December Hamilton received the following letter from William Vans Murray: Paris, Oct. 9th, 1800. Dear Sir: I was extremely flattered by the confidence which your letter by Mr. Colbert proved you have in my disposition to follow your wishes. A letter from you is no affair of ceremony. It is an obligation on any man who flatters himself with the hope of your personal esteem. Mr.
A sister who had arrived this afternoon from Swansea brought 1l. 7s., and one of the labourers sold an article, by means of which he was able to give 1l. 13s. Thus we had 3l.: -1l. for each house, and could buy bread before the day was over. Hitherto we have lacked nothing! Oct. 4. Thursday. The money of Tuesday helped us through yesterday.
Psalms, cxix. 99. We learn, post, Oct. 29, that Robertson was cautious in his talk, though we see here that he had much more courage than the professors of Aberdeen or Glasgow. This was one of the points upon which Dr. Johnson was strangely heterodox. For, surely, Mr.
They had already received help from France and Spain, and in Oct. 1645 there arrived among them no less than a Papal nuncio, Archbishop Rinuccini, with a retinue of other Italians, to take possession of the tumult in the name of his Holiness, and regulate it sacerdotally. In this complexity Ormond had still kept his footing.
This money was a fresh encouragement to us in our need. By this 1l. 12s. 7d. we were helped through the day. Oct. 5. This morning, just before I was going to the Orphan-Houses to meet with the brethren and sisters for prayer, 1l. 3s. was brought from Teignmouth. This money seems to have been given some months since to a brother at Teignmouth, but it did not reach me until today.
He had lost flesh, but his face had steadied into a set grimness, and his mouth had the firmness of one who had fought a long uphill fight. Looking through a heavy mail, he extracted a letter from his New York agent: 'Oct. 2nd, 1916. 'DEAR MR. SELWYN, You will be interested to know that the extraordinary sensation caused by your writings in America has resulted in the sale of them to Mr.
By a rapid movement of Washington's army and the effective cooperation of the French fleet, Cornwallis was trapped at Yorktown; and on Oct. 19, 1781, he surrendered, with eight thousand men. It was the first decided victory which Washington had himself gained. It made evident to England the hopelessness of continuing the contest; and in November, 1782, peace was made.
Cut a great many roots, filled hollows, and felled trees whose branches obstructed. It is now fairly smooth but far too narrow for a wagon. Oct. 30 Surprised by a visit from Jabez, who came on horseback. Said he had a chance to give Gordon a few weeks' training with a carpenter. He was not now busy himself, as the shipping season was over. Brought Ailie a basket of fresh water herring.
You have given the work every advantage which good paper, clear type, and a seemly outside can supply; if it fails, the fault will lie with the author, you are exempt. "I now await the judgment of the press and the public. I am, Gentlemen, yours respectfully, "Oct. 26th, 1847. "Gentlemen, I have received the newspapers. They speak quite as favourably of "Jane Eyre" as I expected them to do.
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