James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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Page 92
... perhaps coupled in some unthought- of way , with radium , the youngest sprite of the weird , uncanny tribe of mysterious agents . Uranium , the supposed basis of the latest discovery , Radium , has only one - millionth part of the heat ...
... perhaps coupled in some unthought- of way , with radium , the youngest sprite of the weird , uncanny tribe of mysterious agents . Uranium , the supposed basis of the latest discovery , Radium , has only one - millionth part of the heat ...
Page 105
... perhaps unequalled under the circumstances . The candidate opposing him for Parliament died during the canvass . When Burke next addressed the people after the sad event , his first words were : " What shadows we are ; what shadows we ...
... perhaps unequalled under the circumstances . The candidate opposing him for Parliament died during the canvass . When Burke next addressed the people after the sad event , his first words were : " What shadows we are ; what shadows we ...
Page 107
... Perhaps one hundred and twenty - nine years hence will have as great a contrast to show . The day of small factories , as of small nations , is past . Increasing magnitude , to which it is hard to set a limit , is the order of the day ...
... Perhaps one hundred and twenty - nine years hence will have as great a contrast to show . The day of small factories , as of small nations , is past . Increasing magnitude , to which it is hard to set a limit , is the order of the day ...
Page 123
... perhaps think it odd that in the midst of my friends here I should call for your help ; but the fact is that from several reasons I do not choose to place that confidence in any of my friends here that would be necessary in such a case ...
... perhaps think it odd that in the midst of my friends here I should call for your help ; but the fact is that from several reasons I do not choose to place that confidence in any of my friends here that would be necessary in such a case ...
Page 132
... Perhaps there is no instance so striking as this of the immense difference that sometimes lies in the mere accent given one monosyllable . Until Mrs. Siddons revealed the real Lady Macbeth , every actress had replied , " We fail ...
... Perhaps there is no instance so striking as this of the immense difference that sometimes lies in the mere accent given one monosyllable . Until Mrs. Siddons revealed the real Lady Macbeth , every actress had replied , " We fail ...
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