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... month's time the force of these impressions waned ; the difference between New York and Paris lost much of its accent , and in its place came a grow- ing admiration for the pluck and power of the nation , an expanding enthusiasm for the ...
... month's time the force of these impressions waned ; the difference between New York and Paris lost much of its accent , and in its place came a grow- ing admiration for the pluck and power of the nation , an expanding enthusiasm for the ...
Page 49
... months to only years could afford , and that Tim things unroll , might yet hold this gift resolved to put his impatience asi becoming coat . He would pretend friend . As a friend he would be pr her , and then , some day the force and ...
... months to only years could afford , and that Tim things unroll , might yet hold this gift resolved to put his impatience asi becoming coat . He would pretend friend . As a friend he would be pr her , and then , some day the force and ...
Page 63
... . Had Tristrem been allow the marriage would have been an im But to this , of course , Miss Raritan wou " Not before November , " she said , wi decision . " Why , that is five months off ! " t in the meantime ! you are good you may.
... . Had Tristrem been allow the marriage would have been an im But to this , of course , Miss Raritan wou " Not before November , " she said , wi decision . " Why , that is five months off ! " t in the meantime ! you are good you may.
Page 78
... months afterwards . He remembered then , that that morning he had started out with the intention of sending a telegram from the club , but on the way there he had thought of the chocolate which Viola preferred , and , after turning into ...
... months afterwards . He remembered then , that that morning he had started out with the intention of sending a telegram from the club , but on the way there he had thought of the chocolate which Viola preferred , and , after turning into ...
Page 106
... months before the death of the testator . That , sir , I consider an extremely wise bit of legislation . The law of 1860 , which I quoted , vitiates the will as to one - half the bequest ; the law of 1848 does away with the will ...
... months before the death of the testator . That , sir , I consider an extremely wise bit of legislation . The law of 1860 , which I quoted , vitiates the will as to one - half the bequest ; the law of 1848 does away with the will ...
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Page 105 - No person having a husband, wife, child or parent, shall, by his or her last will and testament, devise or bequeath to any benevolent, charitable, literary, scientific, religious or missionary society, association or corporation, in trust or otherwise, more than one-half part of his or her estate, after the payment of his or her debts, and such devise or bequest shall be valid to the extent of one-half, and no more.
Page 106 - ... no such devise or bequest shall be valid in any will which shall not have been made and executed at least two months before the death of the testator.