The EarthquakeCharles Scribner's Sons, 1918 - 307 páginas The awakening of the United States to it's involvement in World War I. |
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... uniform and the printed admonitions from Mr. Hoover , placed so conspicuously in the dining - car , it did not seem somehow in any way to affect us . We were at war- yes ; a lot of men were going over to fight - if peace wasn't declared ...
... uniform and the printed admonitions from Mr. Hoover , placed so conspicuously in the dining - car , it did not seem somehow in any way to affect us . We were at war- yes ; a lot of men were going over to fight - if peace wasn't declared ...
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... uniform , taking their small girls to school , and wondered what sort of military service they were engaged in ... uniforms - before nine o'clock - and at Six- tieth Street I heard a humming like that of a gigantic cockchafer and ...
... uniform , taking their small girls to school , and wondered what sort of military service they were engaged in ... uniforms - before nine o'clock - and at Six- tieth Street I heard a humming like that of a gigantic cockchafer and ...
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... uniform in adjacent seats to my own , going down - town , seemed to excite no interest . But when I reached the Bridge and , emerging upon Broadway , perceived the huge service - flag of the New York Telephone Company with its more than ...
... uniform in adjacent seats to my own , going down - town , seemed to excite no interest . But when I reached the Bridge and , emerging upon Broadway , perceived the huge service - flag of the New York Telephone Company with its more than ...
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... uniform of an ensign in the navy . Hopkins is a civil engineer with an international repu- tation , who earns , it ... uniforms on Wall Street , and several French and Canadian officers were stroll- ing along watching the crowds and ...
... uniform of an ensign in the navy . Hopkins is a civil engineer with an international repu- tation , who earns , it ... uniforms on Wall Street , and several French and Canadian officers were stroll- ing along watching the crowds and ...
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... uniforms among the crowd and the French and English colors juxtaposed with my own sent a fine glow through my veins . This was a new world I had come back into ! A bigger world - a world of the spirit the spirit of 1917 ! My blood ...
... uniforms among the crowd and the French and English colors juxtaposed with my own sent a fine glow through my veins . This was a new world I had come back into ! A bigger world - a world of the spirit the spirit of 1917 ! My blood ...
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Página 79 - Who can find a virtuous woman ? for her price is far above rubies. ' The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. ' She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
Página 306 - And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks, before the LORD ; but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake ; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.
Página 79 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
Página 214 - For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Página 2 - Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
Página 2 - And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay ; and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
Página 79 - She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Página 2 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord ; but the Lord was not in the wind : and after the wind an earthquake ; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire ; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Página 225 - Remember that you are the chosen people ! The spirit of the Lord has descended upon me because I am the Emperor of the Germans ! " 'I am the instrument of the Almighty. I am his sword, his agent. Woe and death to all those who shall oppose my will! Woe and death to those who do not believe in my mission ! Woe and death to the cowards ! "'Let them perish, all the enemies of the German people!
Página 79 - She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.