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...led a few inches of the scroll to open each column of writing surface. To return to the start of the scroll, this process was reversed. Rolling an... ... demanded—and received—the losers‘ promise to join him in future wars. In return, he withdrew from their territory. Nevrtheless, when they betray... ...he books balance if the difference is zero. Imbalances indicate profits or losses. Simplifying accounting by introducing double-entry bookkeeping set... ... printed in the English language, its reception was so flattering that he returned to England to set up his own printing shop in 1476 and devoted hi... ...ype characters one-by-one, identify each as to font, size, and style, and return them to their alphabetical UPPER or lower type case boxes. Inve... ... capital of five million dollars when Mills resigned as its president and returned East in 1873. Just two years later, that same Bank of San Fran... ...ioners had struggled for more than a quarter of millennium to recover the loss of their previously unthreatened monopoly of the written word and its ...

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......................................................................... 110 LOSS OF BREATH ............................................................... ...windows of the apartment. The action, however, was but momentary, his gaze returned mechanically to the wall. To his extreme horror and astonish- ment... ...duct of the young nobleman to the natural sorrow of a son for the untimely loss of his parents—forgetting, however, his atrocious and reckless behavio... ... almost imperceptible shudder, and that, 30 Poe in Five V olumes upon his return from every long-continued and habitual ride, an expression of triump... ...forest. An occurrence so common attracted no particular attention, but his return was looked for with intense anxiety on the part of his domestics, wh... ...h me!” “W e found it, sir,” he said, with a sigh, “absolutely necessary to return to the old usages. The danger of the soothing system was, at all tim... ...ged in the rain gutter which ran along the eaves of the main building. The loss of the eye was not so much as the insolent air of independence and con... ...ook a pinch with great sat- isfaction, and smiled me an acknowledgement in return. Shortly afterward it made me a speech, which I could hear but indis... ...y for what I did not take?” “But, sir,” says the publican, now rather at a loss what to say, “but sir—” “But me no buts, sir,” interrupts the diddler,...

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...ess; the tradesmen to whom the Times addressed pathetic condolences on the loss of their season will lose more than one; and we shall be made sensible... ... Minister as final. Its provisions are their terms of peace. They offer in return for that boon to take the bur- den we have groaned under off our han... ...mind so equable. He, the equable, whether in condemna- tion or eulogy. Our loss of such a man is great, for work was in his brain, and the hand was ac... ...he hand was active till close upon the time when his breathing ceased. The loss to his friends can be 14 Miscellaneous Prose replaced only by an imag... ...he Duke of Bovino; the Duke d’Ozia d’Angri, who had emigrated in 1860, and returned to Naples six months ago; Marquis Rivadebro Serra; Marquis Pisicel... ... Acquaviva, of the Duke of Atri, two Capece, two Princes Buttera, etc. T o return to the mission of Colonel Bariola and the Duke of Sant’ Arpino, I wi... ... we must come to is simply this, that the Austrian 22 Miscellaneous Prose losses have been such as to induce the commander-in-chief of the army to ac... ... is that of Garibaldi, and is about 40,000 strong. An officer who has just returned from Milan told me this morning that he had had an opportunity of ... ... Italian arms. 50 Miscellaneous Prose DOLO, NEAR VENICE, July 20, 1866. I returned from Noale to Padua last evening, and late in the night I received...

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.... The mighty chief, atheling excellent, unblithe sat, labored in woe for the loss of his thanes, when once had been traced the trail of the fiend, spi... ...cruel that sorrow, too long, too loathsome. Not late the respite; with night returning, anew began ruthless murder; he recked no whit, firm in his gui... ...irrelevance here. Hrothgar sees in Beowulf’s mis sion a heritage of duty, a return of the good offices which the Danish king rendered to Beowulf’s fa... ...thronging threatened. With thrust of my sword, the darling, I dealt them due return! Nowise had they bliss from their booty then to devour their victi... ..., the slaying of Hengest, and all the Danish woes. Collecting a force, they return to Frisia and kill Finn in his home. 2 Nephew to Hrothgar, with ... ... Heorot; the hand all had viewed, blood flecked, she bore with her; bale was returned, dole in the dwellings: ’twas dire exchange where Dane and Geat ... ...ike, and carries it for propitiation to his master. The dragon discovers the loss and exacts fearful penalty from the people round about. XXXII That ... ...s the barrow’s keeper, and fain with flame the foe to pay for the dear cup’s loss. — Now day was fled as the worm had wished. By its wall no more was ...

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... is in demand in the foreign country, we may be able to ob- tain a greater return to our labour and capital by employing none of it in producing the a... ...ter. T o this branch of the subject we shall, in the sequel of this essay, return. At present it will be more convenient that we should continue to su... ... fines itself to the production of one commodity, there is a greater total return to the labour of both together; and this increase of produce forms t... ...rotecting duty can never be a cause of gain, but always and necessarily of loss, to the country imposing it, just so far as it is efficacious to its e... ...cted to renounce the power of taxing foreigners, unless foreigners will in return practise towards itself the same for- bearance. The only mode in whi... ... the invention, to which the nation is in- debted for this increase of the return to its industry, comes into use also in the other country, and that ... ...ndustry most ad- vantageous to the world at large, and occasions a greater loss to the restricted country, and to the other countries with which that ... ... and the return to the labour and capi- tal of both is diminished, in pure loss. 9 9 9 9 9. The same principles which have led to the above conclu- si... ...rers whom he will employ, and thus (if no one sustains any correspond- ing loss) gain to the nation. The aggregate produce of the coun- try for the su...

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...was to lead me; the quite other kind of consciousness proceeding from that return. Nothing in my whole renewal of attention to these things, to almost... ...d—to the effect that any imaged prose that fails to be richly rewarding in return for a PREFACE xvii competent utterance ranks itself as wrong throug... ...wn to the young man, had failed of such a result. “Why his ‘form’,” he had returned, “might have made one doubt.” “Father’s form?” She had n’t seen it... ... infamies, would you have been?” He recalled what, to this, he had gravely returned. “I might have been in a somewhat better pecuniary situation.” But... ...without penalties. Their enjoyment was a tribute to others without being a loss to themselves. Only the funny thing, he had respectfully submitted, wa... ...t it’s something not to be so big that I have to be buried.” “Oh,” she had returned, “you shall not be buried, my dear, till you’re dead. Unless indee... ... a shadow of excuse.” He showed how he agreed that he would have been at a loss for one, and the fact of their serenity was thus made as important as ... ...ther surprised nor shocked him, and indeed—which was perhaps his only real loss in a thrifty career—scarce even amused; he took them for granted witho... ...e naturally a relief; so that he was n’t again during their excursion at a loss for the right word. The air had been, as it were, cleared; they had th...

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...s. Good morning. BURGESS (patronizingly). Oh, good morning to you. (Morell returns as Lexy is making for the door.) MORELL (to Lexy). Off to work? LEX... ... let the time slip. (Flinging the rug on the sofa.) I was so engrossed by—(returning to her)—I forgot—oh!(He embraces her with penitent emotion.) BURG... ...appy marriage like 21 Candida ours, there is something very sacred in the return of the wife to her home. (Marchbanks looks quickly at him, half anti... .... I mean on the sort of woman who will teach it to him. MORELL (quite at a loss). Yes. No. I don’t know what you mean. CANDIDA (explaining). If he lea... ...m- ing. You will stay here and entertain him—to celebrate your 45 Candida return home. (Eugene rises, breathless.) CANDIDA. But James— MORELL (author... ...t choose between us now. (He goes to the other side of the room as Candida returns. Eugene sits down again on the sofa like a guilty schoolboy on his ...

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... will have it fetched. JOHNNY. Not her business, exactly, is it? BENTLEY. [returning to the pavilion] Of course not. Thats why one loves her for doing... ...old me to control myself. As if I was losing my temper on purpose! Bentley returns, newly washed. He beams when he sees his fa- ther, and comes affect... ... out of this until Hypatia is past praying for. Johnny and Lord Summerhays return through the pavilion from their stroll. TARLETON. Welcome! welcome! ... ... [Johnny takes his hat and hangs it up beside his own]. Thank you. [Johnny returns to his swing and his novel. Lord Summerhays comes to the writing ta... ... As a matter of fact all the really prosperous authors I have met since my return to England have been very like him. TARLETON. [again impressed] That... ...SUMMERHAYS. Yes: it civilizes them. And it uncivilizes us. Their gain. Our loss, Tarleton, believe me, our loss. TARLETON. Well, why not? Averages out...

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... government, cannot be too much commended. Because the prospect of present loss or advantage may often tempt the governing party in one or two States ... ...negotiation and management, something like an equivalent was found for the loss she supposed herself to have sustained. Nothing here said is intended ... ...ication in its own ships, and an indi- rect conveyance of its products and returns, to and from America, in the ships of another country. Suppose, for... ... of our markets. But would not her navigation be materially injured by the loss of the important advantage of being her own carrier in that trade? Wou... ...he love of power which any reasonable man can require, I confess I am at a loss to discover what temptation the persons intrusted with the administra-... ...joy every advantage they desired in our markets, with- out granting us any return but such as their momentary con- venience might suggest. It is not, ... ...on of the State. We must receive the blow, before we could even prepare to return it. All that kind of policy by which nations anticipate distant dang... ... the same degree, from the other causes that have been noticed. Let us now return to the examination of objections. One which, if we may judge from th... ...gth of time the same. A frequent change of men will result from a frequent return of elections; and a frequent change of measures from a frequent chan...

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...loding nearby and a few punctures from debris and needle guns. It had escaped destruction but the men had to wear their protective space suits due to loss of atmospheric pressure. The cargo bay of the transport craft was only rudimentary armoured. Space grunts were considered cargo, like their weapons, drones and war bots. Engines and control units were better protected, t...

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...loding nearby and a few punctures from debris and needle guns. It had escaped destruction but the men had to wear their protective space suits due to loss of atmospheric pressure. The cargo bay of the transport craft was only rudimentarily armoured. Space grunts were considered cargo, like their weapons, drones and war bots. Engines and control units were better protected,...

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... of a dilemma; and between these horns I squeezed myself with perhaps some loss to the substance of the paper. Seeing so much in Whitman that was mere... ...d, and come out again, one and all, in the form of written words. With the loss of every degree of such realism as we have described, there is for art... ...he novelist throws everything. And from this there results for him a great loss of vividness, but a great compensating 18 Robert Louis Stevenson gain... ...is part, bore the elevation with perfect dignity; and with perfect dignity returned, when the time had come, into a country privacy of life. His power... ...o last. In the present study, this must only be taken by the way, while we return to Burns’s love affairs. Even on the road to Edinburgh he had seized... ... an opportu- nity, I did not hesitate to profit by it, and even now, if it returned, I should not hesitate to profit by it again.” A love thus founded... ...y indifferent judge of this by a letter written some twenty days after his return – a letter to my mind among the most degrading in the whole collecti... ...reless way, to talk of friendship in rather ambiguous terms; and after her return to – , I wrote her in the same terms. Miss, construing my remarks fu... ...from her con- trol; it was altogether his, and she “counted all things but loss – heaven excepted – that she might win and keep him.” Burns himself wa...

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...e were looking backward in order to look forward.We hope that the terrible losses chronicled in this report can create something positive—an America t... ...announcement indicating that there was a bomb on board, that the plane was returning to the airport, and that they should remain seated. 78 While it a... ...possible, though more difficult, to track an aircraft by its primary radar returns. But unlike transponder data, primary radar returns do not show the... ...vily on transponder signals that they usually do not display primary radar returns on their radar scopes. But they can change the configuration of the... ...can change the configuration of their scopes so they can see primary radar returns.They did this on 9/11 when the transponder signals for three of the... ...al, although this happened much less frequently. However, the simultaneous loss of radio and transponder signal would be a rare and alarming occurrenc... ...rican 11: We have some planes. Just stay quiet, and you’ll be okay. We are returning to the airport. The controller only heard something unintelligibl... ...ny reports of a downed aircraft had been received.At 9:09, it reported the loss of contact to the FAA regional center, which passed this infor- mation... ...er ordered the mission aborted. But foul-ups on the ground resulted in the loss of eight aircraft, five airmen, and three marines. Remembered as “Dese...

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...consumption that the markets of this country can by possibility produce. The loss upon a pound of tripe has been found to be, in the boiling, seven ei... ...e has been found to be, in the boiling, seven eights of a fifth more than the loss upon a pound of any other animal substance whatever. Tripe is more e... ...“You have heard friend Filer. What do you say?” “What’s it possible to say?” returned the gentleman. “What is to be said? Who can take any interest in... ...nd you’re making love to her, are you?” said Cute to the young smith. “Yes,” returned Richard quickly, for he was nettled by the question. “And we are... ... that if death was to — to —” “To cut,” suggested Mr. Fish. “To sever, sir,” returned Sir Joseph, with great asperity, “the cord of existence — my aff... ... was greatly younger than the gen tleman. “How shocking!” “My lady Bowley,” returned Sir Joseph, floundering now and then, as in the great depth of hi... ...ourselves. We should look into our — our accounts. We should feel that every return of so eventful a period in human transactions, involves a matter o...

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... Good my lord, You have begot me, bred me, loved me: I Return those duties back as are right fit, Obey you, love you, and most hon... ...is knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids us On every trifle. When he returns from hunting, I will not speak with him; say I am sick: If you come... ...reasons of your own As may compact it more. Get you gone; And hasten your return. 46 [Exit OSWALD .] No, ... ...e; [Reads.]… And shall find time From this enormous state, seeking to give Losses their remedies. All weary and o’erwatch’d, Take vantage, heavy eyes,... ... than you yourself. Therefore, I pray you, That to our sister you do make return; Say you have wrong’d her, sir. KING LEAR: ... ...nt, bed, and food.’ REGAN: Good sir, no more; these are unsightly tricks: Return you to my sister. KING LEAR: [Rising] Never, Regan: She hath aba... ..., his life, With thine, and all that offer to defend him, Stand in assured loss: take up, take up; 102 And follow me, that will to some provision Gi...

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...y love with it,’ said the Doctor, imprinting his upon them; ‘and many happy returns of the — the idea! — of the day. The notion of wishing happy retu... ...nd which the dancing had disar ranged. ‘Oh! Alfred sent the music, did he?’ returned the Doctor. ‘Yes. He met it coming out of the town as he was ent... ..., with an uncommonly sour and discontented face, emerged from the house, and returned to this call the unceremonious acknowledgment of ‘Now then!’ ‘Wh... ... ‘Now then!’ ‘Where’s the breakfast table?’ said the Doctor. ‘In the house,’ returned Britain. ‘Are you going to spread it out here, as you were told ... ...h many warm outpourings of soul, in behalf of other people, ‘a hundred happy returns of this auspicious day.’ ‘Ha ha ha!’ laughed the Doctor thoughtfu... ...why they rejoiced. Not half a hundred people were the better for the gain or loss. Not half a dozen men agree to this hour on the cause or merits; an... ... as his theory made it out, or he would have been among us now. It’s a great loss to me. He was my right arm, my right leg, my right ear, my right ey...

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...obly succored during the Revolution by the Polish lords, certainly did not return the kindness in 1832. Let us have the melancholy courage to admit th... ...aying, ‘Paz will settle that.’ You never wrote to any one but Paz. When we returned here everybody kept saying, ‘the captain, the cap- 12 Paz tain.’ ... ... Switzerland, and Germany, where they spent the greater part of two years. Returning to Paris in November, 1837, the count- ess entered society for th... ...le capitaine Paz begs Madame la comtesse to excuse him,” said the footman, returning. “He is at the stables; as soon as he has changed his dress Comte... ... with such method and economy that he has even repaired some of my foolish losses at play,—the thought- less folly of a young man. My dear, Thaddeus i... ...e. At peace so long as Clementine was away, his trial was re- newed on the return of the happy household. As he sat at his window on this memorable ni... ...entlemen. I did think you such a noble soul. For shame! Will she be such a loss that you can’t replace her?” “Madame, if I knew any sacrifice I could ... ...o be easy on that score, for you have shown every indulgence for him.” “My loss would be irreparable.” 43 Balzac “But, dear, you judged him justly.” ... ...live?’ and these alternations have prepared me, as they have you, for this loss. I can be frank with you. Well, I would give my life to save Adam. Wha...

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...d, had assembled several animals into one.} The colossal mastodon XXXII. I return to the scriptural periods or ages of the world, conventionally calle... ...e of man when the unfinished world was as yet unfitted for his support. {I return to the biblical epochs of the creation, well in advance of the birth... ...good-bye to the swan, sailing gracefully amidst the white water lilies, we returned to the quay by the steamer. That is just where I was in my dream, ... ...ler as my uncle, this fate was inevitable. The old servant, visibly moved, returned to the kitchen, 20 A Journey to the Interior of the Earth moaning... ...it. But how should I be able to escape from the house? The Professor might return at any moment. And sup- pose he called me? And suppose he tackled me... ...n to the guide, the journey was accomplished without accidents, except the loss of a coil of rope, which escaped from the hands of an Icelander, and t... ...as if he was rather answering him- self than me. “Yes, return, without the loss of a minute.” A long silence followed. “So then, Axel,” replied the Pr... ...r pockets with stones.” “Well, indeed, my worthy uncle, you are never at a loss for an answer.” I dared venture no farther into the region of probabil... ...conclusion revived my spirits, and I resolved to re- sume my march without loss of time. How I then blessed my uncle’s foresight in preventing the hun...

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...preferred seeing the country to waiting about in- definitely for Benassis’ return, so he set out along the way that led to the flour-mill. When he had... ...he local doctor, heard Genestas with indifference, and with folded arms he returned his bow, and went back to his patient, quite unaware that he was b... ...een completely carried out. The cretin whom you have just seen, not having returned to his house, had not been taken away, so that the next morning he... ... “Well, then, I will pay you ten francs a day, sir,” the soldier answered, returning to the charge with wonted pertinacity, “and you will do as you ch... ...he is held in great veneration, thanks to one or two old soldiers who have returned to their native homes, and who of evenings tell marvelous tales ab... ... way, the people will renounce their errors of their own ac- cord. Are not losses the result of economical errors of every kind? And is it not, theref... ...in such a case. There are few days in which the widow does not mention her loss; she always speaks of it with tears, and her grief is as deep after te... ...than to leave home just then? Could all that we have make up to me for the loss of his last farewell. No. Mon Dieu! If your father falls ill, Jean, d... ...otice. As a rule, when their children die, the peasant’s regret is for the loss of a useful chat- tel, and a part of their stock-in-trade, and the old...

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...nd even should have been justified both by the laws of God and man. But to return to my story. In this kind of temper I lived some years; I had no enj... ... tie me up from any more excur- sions of this kind; for I found that thing return upon me chiefly when I was idle, and had nothing to do, nor anything... ...eing born in my very blood, soon re- covered its hold of me; and, like the returns of a violent dis- temper, came on with an irresistible force upon m... ...dis- temper, came on with an irresistible force upon me. This blow was the loss of my wife. It is not my business here to write an elegy upon my wife,... ...eaties; and to the last degree desolate and dislocated in the world by the loss of her. When she was gone, the world looked awkwardly round me. I was ... ...o taste. In a word, I resolved to leave off housekeeping, let my farm, and return to London; and in a few months after I did so. When I came to London... ... the world. My nephew knew nothing how far my distemper of wan- dering was returned upon me, and I knew nothing of what he had in his thought to say ,... ...a pretty, well-bred, modest, and sensible youth, greatly dejected with the loss of his mother, and also at having lost his father but a few months bef... ...n. The Spaniards were greatly surprised at this sight and per- fectly at a loss what to do. The Spaniard governor, as it hap- pened, was with them, an...