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Page 34
... Italy and Prussia . Now he is turning to Austria , but that he has any distinct plan I do not believe . His policy throughout has not been , as some think , to work to the end from the beginning , but to watch and avail him- self . But ...
... Italy and Prussia . Now he is turning to Austria , but that he has any distinct plan I do not believe . His policy throughout has not been , as some think , to work to the end from the beginning , but to watch and avail him- self . But ...
Page 127
... Italy is showing signs of progress , specially in the north ; book - shops and news- papers everywhere , advertisements of schools in all the streets , and perfect liberty of utterance . I was present at a discussion in the Chamber of ...
... Italy is showing signs of progress , specially in the north ; book - shops and news- papers everywhere , advertisements of schools in all the streets , and perfect liberty of utterance . I was present at a discussion in the Chamber of ...
Page 128
John Ker. a representative , because Italy knew how to maintain its civil and religious liberty , whatever the Council might do . Italy and the Italian Government was calm and unconcerned in the face of the whole question , and resolved ...
John Ker. a representative , because Italy knew how to maintain its civil and religious liberty , whatever the Council might do . Italy and the Italian Government was calm and unconcerned in the face of the whole question , and resolved ...
Page 148
... genial . His " Affaires de Rome " is a book of remarkable eloquence and interest , with views of Italian scenery and life as if you saw them through some of the old painters . To ABINGTON , LANARKSHIRE , June 27 , 1871 . 148 LETTERS .
... genial . His " Affaires de Rome " is a book of remarkable eloquence and interest , with views of Italian scenery and life as if you saw them through some of the old painters . To ABINGTON , LANARKSHIRE , June 27 , 1871 . 148 LETTERS .
Page 180
... Italian answer to every complaint is " Pazi- enza , " with an indescribable shrug and look which you have seen . Still , I have seen a good deal . By the bye , we have some kind friends staying here , and they asked us to accompany them ...
... Italian answer to every complaint is " Pazi- enza , " with an indescribable shrug and look which you have seen . Still , I have seen a good deal . By the bye , we have some kind friends staying here , and they asked us to accompany them ...
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Page 307 - When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no not in Israel.
Page 62 - DAY! Faster and more fast, O'er night's brim, day boils at last : Boils, pure gold, o'er the cloud-cup's brim Where spurting and suppressed it lay. For not a froth-flake touched the rim Of yonder gap in the solid gray Of the eastern cloud, an hour away ; But forth one wavelet, then another, curled, Till the whole sunrise, not to be suppressed...
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