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Up to the outbreak of the insurrection in 1896, the only genuinely Spanish troops in the islands were a few hundred artillerymen, the rest being natives, with Spanish officers. Tr. Abaka is the fiber obtained from the leaves of the Musa textilis and is known commercially as Manila hemp. As it is exclusively a product of the Philippines, it may be taken here to symbolize the country. Tr.
A town in Ciudad Real province, Spain. Tr. The italicized words are in English in the original. Tr. A Spanish hero, whose chief exploit was the capture of Gibraltar from the Moors in 1308. Tr. Tr. In the original the message reads: "Español escondido casa Padre Florentino cojera remitirá vivo muerto."
Collins," faltered Ida, breaking in on my reflections, "I picked up this little buckle aside o' your b-d; it's come off o' the back o' your tr rs. I'll sew it on for you any time, for I notice you're bothered with them slippin' down. O, Mr. Collins!" and the poor unlovely face was suddenly distorted with anguish and wet with tears "ain't Mrs. Bodyzart wicked to put a slur on me like that?
It is evident, then, that to be able to confirm whatever one pleases is only ingenuity, which the worst of men may have. * Cf. Ezekiel 13:10, 11 and Arcana Caelestia n. 739 , Apocalypse Explained nn. 237 and 644 . Tr. Fourth: Confirmation may be mental and not at the same time volitional, but all volitional confirmation is also mental. Let an example serve to illustrate this.
The Hippopus found here differs from the maculatus already known by the much greater elevation of its shell. The large Tridachna is the Tr. squamosa Lam.
Since 1898, however, he has doubled about, or, perhaps more aptly, performed a journalistic somersault having written a diffuse biography and other works dealing with Rizal. He is strong in unassorted facts, but his comments, when not inane and wearisome, approach a maudlin wail over "spilt milk," so the above is given at its face value only. Tr.
"Excellent!" cried I, laughing extravagantly, "but like the planet you are pleased to compare me with, I must reserve my splendid rising till I have obtained fresh powers from the aid of night."* *<Mais avant de me lever il faut que je me couche>, is the witty reply in the original, but which it is impossible to render fully and piquantly through the dilution of a translation. -tr.
At this particular epoch, a fancy for mutilating or transposing proverbs reigned in the studios. Tr. "Patience, Mistigris!" said his master; "'come wheel, come whoa." Pierrotin here returned, bringing with him the Comte de Serizy, who had come through the rue de l'Echiquier, and with whom he had doubtless had a short conversation.
The cockpits are farmed out annually by the local governments, the terms "contract," and "contractor," having now been softened into "license" and "licensee." Tr. The "Municipal School for Girls" was founded by the municipality of Manila in 1864.... The institution was in charge of the Sisters of Charity. Census of the Philippine Islands, Vol. III, p. 615. Now known as Plaza España. Tr.
But I did not dare to pray for life or death; 'Thy will be done, was my motto, and all was well. Seeing her eyes often turned upward, I spoke, and pointed upward, 'Yonder's your house and portion fair; she hesitated a moment, and then added, 'M y tr easure and my HEART are there.
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