Old-world Questions and New-world AnswersK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1885 - 369 pages |
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... look like pointless pins stuck , heads inward , around a flat pin - cushion . This pin - cushion turns slowly round , and presents each projecting shank successively to the rims . of three tiny grindstones , revolving at a very high ...
... look like pointless pins stuck , heads inward , around a flat pin - cushion . This pin - cushion turns slowly round , and presents each projecting shank successively to the rims . of three tiny grindstones , revolving at a very high ...
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... looks like a fine town hall or museum and we , indeed , entered its handsome vestibule , doubtful whether we had not mistaken some public insti- tution for a manufactory . But we were soon reassured on this point by the manager , Mr ...
... looks like a fine town hall or museum and we , indeed , entered its handsome vestibule , doubtful whether we had not mistaken some public insti- tution for a manufactory . But we were soon reassured on this point by the manager , Mr ...
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... looks , upwards , to the wooded slopes of the Green Mountain range ; downwards , upon the river Naugatuck , with its blue lake - like mill - ponds and sur- rounding factories , from whose distant chimneys arises nothing worse than white ...
... looks , upwards , to the wooded slopes of the Green Mountain range ; downwards , upon the river Naugatuck , with its blue lake - like mill - ponds and sur- rounding factories , from whose distant chimneys arises nothing worse than white ...
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... look majestic forth , From their twin thrones , the giants of the north , On the huge shapes , that crouching at their knees , Stretch their broad shoulders , rough with shaggy trees . Through the wide waste of ether , not in vain ...
... look majestic forth , From their twin thrones , the giants of the north , On the huge shapes , that crouching at their knees , Stretch their broad shoulders , rough with shaggy trees . Through the wide waste of ether , not in vain ...
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... look upon as the result of a protectionist policy . They do not yet understand , what I hope will become clear when we come to discuss the tariff by - and- by , that American rates of wages are determined by agriculture instead of ...
... look upon as the result of a protectionist policy . They do not yet understand , what I hope will become clear when we come to discuss the tariff by - and- by , that American rates of wages are determined by agriculture instead of ...
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