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There's Margery . ... the office when Brewer telephoned this afternoon , and he said he wasn't going back to his place in Hawaii again this year , and that he'd be glad to have you go there and stay - all of you - as long as you want .
There's Margery . ... the office when Brewer telephoned this afternoon , and he said he wasn't going back to his place in Hawaii again this year , and that he'd be glad to have you go there and stay - all of you - as long as you want .
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and so far as Japan was concerned , I observed per- sonally none of the popular hostility to things Ameri- can I had been led to believe existed there from my reading of newspapers and magazines in the United States .
and so far as Japan was concerned , I observed per- sonally none of the popular hostility to things Ameri- can I had been led to believe existed there from my reading of newspapers and magazines in the United States .
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In Japan , Manila , and Honolulu it seemed to be assumed that there was no real in- tention on the part of our government to do more than make enough of a demonstration to save the na- tional face . I confess that , so far as I was ...
In Japan , Manila , and Honolulu it seemed to be assumed that there was no real in- tention on the part of our government to do more than make enough of a demonstration to save the na- tional face . I confess that , so far as I was ...
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There was no telegraph ; we had no neighbors ; and there was no one to speak to except a taciturn super- intendent , who looked like an ex - convict and who lived with a half - caste wife named Mo - a . Once a week a small steamer ...
There was no telegraph ; we had no neighbors ; and there was no one to speak to except a taciturn super- intendent , who looked like an ex - convict and who lived with a half - caste wife named Mo - a . Once a week a small steamer ...
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In the first place , it was all weeks old when it got to us ; and then there was so much of it ! Stale tons of it ! Usually after lying unopened for days , those papers found their way down to Mo - a , who liked to cut out the pictures ...
In the first place , it was all weeks old when it got to us ; and then there was so much of it ! Stale tons of it ! Usually after lying unopened for days , those papers found their way down to Mo - a , who liked to cut out the pictures ...
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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.