The Twentieth Century, Volume 40Nineteenth Century and After Limited., 1896 - English periodicals |
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Page 105
... better dead on the field of battle than safe in It flight . ' Valdivia , Balboa , Ojeda , Pizarro , Cortés , and almost all the conquistadores ' displayed a similar noble self - consciousness . seemed to sit upon them as easily and ...
... better dead on the field of battle than safe in It flight . ' Valdivia , Balboa , Ojeda , Pizarro , Cortés , and almost all the conquistadores ' displayed a similar noble self - consciousness . seemed to sit upon them as easily and ...
Page 108
... better observer of natural history than a theologian . " But , from then and sailing more than a hundred leagues along the coast , always every evening the cricket gave us his music , and 5Asiento ' is a contract . The contract which ...
... better observer of natural history than a theologian . " But , from then and sailing more than a hundred leagues along the coast , always every evening the cricket gave us his music , and 5Asiento ' is a contract . The contract which ...
Page 109
... Better guns no doubt , less superstition— that is , in religion , for the economic superstition is just as crass as ever was the folly of theologians — and a shorter voyage and still the questions , whether or no the thing is right ...
... Better guns no doubt , less superstition— that is , in religion , for the economic superstition is just as crass as ever was the folly of theologians — and a shorter voyage and still the questions , whether or no the thing is right ...
Page 110
... better than a cannibal who eats a man , the difference seeming to consist in the fact that the four - legged animal cannot ( at present ) ride a bicycle . Contrary to all good policy and precedent , the Governor ( like Christopher ...
... better than a cannibal who eats a man , the difference seeming to consist in the fact that the four - legged animal cannot ( at present ) ride a bicycle . Contrary to all good policy and precedent , the Governor ( like Christopher ...
Page 135
... better is it too- -a thousand times better - than the ' turn " of the extraordinary animal , subdued and trained - taught , as recent accounts tell us , to do wonders on the stage at the cost often of only too much cruelty before the ...
... better is it too- -a thousand times better - than the ' turn " of the extraordinary animal , subdued and trained - taught , as recent accounts tell us , to do wonders on the stage at the cost often of only too much cruelty before the ...
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