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But where were they to find a Frenchman who would take upon him the execution of so barbarous an order? One of the meeting mentioned Bonaparte, and his well-known character determined the directors in their choice.
In my early youth I naturally took the religion and political color of the people about me. There was at Burnley in those days a curate who has since become a well-known clergyman in Manchester, Mr. James Bardsley. We always listened with interest to what Mr.
These laws were not at all bad in themselves; they would have paved the way for a liberalization of Chinese society. But they aroused the utmost hatred in the conservative gentry and also in the moderate reformers among the gentry. K'ang Yo-wei and his followers, to whom a number of well-known modern scholars belonged, had strong support in South China.
There is nothing in it to be proud of, but something, after all, to console one. February 4, 1874. He became professor of Latin oratory at the College de France in 1855, and a member of the Institute in January, 1880. His admirable edition of the "Pensees de Pascal" is well-known.
But seeing that it was impossible to marry the girl out of hand, with her black eyes and sooty brows, unable, too, to read or write, the Baron began by apprenticing her to a business; he placed her as a learner with the embroiderers to the Imperial Court, the well-known Pons Brothers.
Although somewhat resembling its rival, the well-known "Casa Montezuma" of Beaver creek, its architecture is dissimilar on account of the difference in the form of the cavern in which it is built and the geological character of the surrounding cliffs.
A well-known variety, called albumin, is found in the white of eggs and in the plasma of the blood, while the muscles contain an abundance of another variety, known as myosin. Cheese consists largely of a kind of proteid, called casein, which is also present in milk, but in a more diluted form.
"No, thank you," sais I, "it's only a Highlander can make music out of that." "She never said a wiser word tan tat," he replied, much gratified. "Now," sais I, "let me blow this, does it take much wind?" "No," said Jackson, "not much, try it, Sir." "Well, I put it to my lips, and played a well-known air on it. "It's not hard to play, after all, is it, Jackson?"
There was a murmur of expectancy through the court as this well-known individual's name was pronounced; and in a few moments the throng around the inner bar opened, and a tall figure appeared upon the witness table. The same instant that I caught sight of his features he had turned his glance on me, and we stood for some seconds confronting each other.
Then we recall our regiment in full gallop over field and plain; we hear the clank of swords and bits; we see once more the flash of the blades, the motley line of the horses; we evoke the well-known figures of our chiefs on their chargers.
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