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J. Thomas and Parry Thomas. Theirs can have been no easy task at the outset, for it devolved upon them to lay down, in a succinct and practical form, leading principles for the guidance of future enthusiasts. It runs thus:
Finally, in spite of the advice of Adam Smith, of one of the greatest of men, Turgot, and one of the smallest, Horace Walpole, he published a succinct account of the quarrel, first in French, and then in English.
Melvil heard this succinct detail with equal joy and admiration. He poured forth the dictates of his gratitude to the preservers of his happiness. "This church," said he, "shall henceforth possess a double share of my veneration; this holy man will, I hope, finish the charitable work he has begun, by tying those bands of our happiness, which nought but death shall have power to unbind."
It was then decided that the Magistrates present should draw up a succinct statement of the provisions of the British law forbidding the sale of persons and guaranteeing the liberty of the subject, which should be translated into Chinese, and circulated freely in the neighboring districts.
"Where ye goin'?" "Horn o' the Moon," replied she, having learned in Tiverton the value of succinct replies. "Who's sick?" "Nobody." "Got any folks up there?" "No. Going to see the place." The effect of this varied.
Seneca Bowers's succinct phrase, "There's no argument like delegates." The vanquished clustered in a little group apart marked by a suggestion of tense nerves, but the gathering was noticeably of a kind.
This report which he was having written, not only for his own satisfaction but for the information of his heir, took the form of a recital of all the causes and events, spread over many years, which had induced him to take in hand the Great Design; together with a succinct account of the munitions and treasures which he had prepared to carry it out.
In most English books on Rhine legend the tales themselves are presented in a form so brief, succinct, and uninspiring as to rob them entirely of that mysterious glamour lacking which they become mere material by which to add to and illustrate the guide-book.
It is not the first letter I have had from him. I find he has some just cause for offence. The marriage is less disgraceful than I had been led to believe. Here is Oliver Dynevor's testimony. Oliver Dynevor's was a succinct business-like letter, certifying his cousin that he had been mistaken in his view of the marriage.
Yesterday Ham's pockets had been as empty as his own and today there emanated from them the clash of silver not the tinkle of light nickels and dimes, but the substantial clatter of halves and dollars. "I sold some lambs to Slivers Martin," was the succinct reply, "and I got ten dollars for 'em." "Some lambs?" Paul's face puckered with perplexity. "But, Ham, you haven't got any lambs."
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