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... educated in the Catholic College of Manila , entered the public service under Spanish rule , became advocate of the treasury , resigned in 1896 , and entered the insurrection . He was imprisoned for nine months by the Spaniards and then ...
... educated in the Catholic College of Manila , entered the public service under Spanish rule , became advocate of the treasury , resigned in 1896 , and entered the insurrection . He was imprisoned for nine months by the Spaniards and then ...
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... educated at Dalhousie University , Halifax , Nova Scotia , graduating in 1890 , called to the bar in 1892 , he practised his profession in Victoria . Entering politics he was elected in 1898 a Conservative of the provincial legislature ...
... educated at Dalhousie University , Halifax , Nova Scotia , graduating in 1890 , called to the bar in 1892 , he practised his profession in Victoria . Entering politics he was elected in 1898 a Conservative of the provincial legislature ...
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... educated in his native city and served for sev- eral years as clerk in the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company . In 1877 he entered the New York State insurance department in which he served as clerk , deputy superintendent and ...
... educated in his native city and served for sev- eral years as clerk in the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company . In 1877 he entered the New York State insurance department in which he served as clerk , deputy superintendent and ...
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... educated , chiefly by her mother , in whose company she traveled and read widely , making special acquaintance with German liter- ature , Italian art and Roman antiquities , also becoming deeply interested in studying the Eng- lish ...
... educated , chiefly by her mother , in whose company she traveled and read widely , making special acquaintance with German liter- ature , Italian art and Roman antiquities , also becoming deeply interested in studying the Eng- lish ...
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... educated at the University of Pennsylvania and at West Point where he was graduated in 1846 . He was brevetted second lieutenant of engi- neers and immediately ordered to Mexico , where as lieutenant of a company of sappers , miners and ...
... educated at the University of Pennsylvania and at West Point where he was graduated in 1846 . He was brevetted second lieutenant of engi- neers and immediately ordered to Mexico , where as lieutenant of a company of sappers , miners and ...
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Stran 150 - St. Croix River to the Highlands, along the said Highlands which divide those Rivers that empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the North-westernmost head of Connecticut River...
Stran 31 - In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.
Stran 181 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Stran 405 - ... and it is further ordered, that where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university...
Stran 380 - Slavery discourages arts and manufactures. The poor despise labor when performed by slaves. They prevent the immigration of Whites, who really enrich and strengthen a country. They produce the most pernicious effect on manners. Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven on a Country.
Stran 405 - ... to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors.
Stran 399 - Offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual ; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone. Wherefore the sacrifices of Masses, in the which it was commonly said, that the Priest did offer Christ for the quick and the dead, to have remission of pain or guilt, were blasphemous fables, and dangerous deceits.
Stran 150 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented...
Stran 380 - This infernal traffic originated in the avarice of British merchants. The British GOvernment constantly checked the attempts of Virginia to put a stop to it. The present question concerns not the importing States alone, but the whole Union.
Stran 31 - Take up our quarrel with the foe; To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.