The Rosalie Evans Letters from MexicoBobbs-Merrill Company, 1926 - 446 páginas |
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Página 14 - Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
Página 397 - That she is the petitioner herein and that she has read the foregoing petition and knows the contents thereof and that the same is true of her own knowledge except as to...
Página 245 - Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine Lo, thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.
Página 140 - Write on your doors the saying wise and old, "Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere, "Be bold; Be not too bold!" Yet better the excess Than the defect; better the more than less; Better like Hector in the field to die, Than like a perfumed Paris turn and fly.
Página 416 - ... Cummins by the Mexican Government and their attempt to have him replaced for the better prospect of maltreating British subjects with impunity, it was certainly deplorable that Mr. MacDonald's first act in dealing with the Mexican question was to send to Mr. Cummins the following telegram (April 15): 'Recent developments in Mexico have led His Majesty's Government to the conclusion that the time has come to arrange for an independent report on the position of the country as it affects British...
Página 3 - ... natural resources, which are susceptible of appropriation, in order to conserve them and equitably to distribute the public wealth. For this purpose necessary measures shall be taken to divide large landed estates; to develop small landed holdings; to establish new centers of rural population with such lands and waters as may be indispensable to them...
Página 68 - G and deliberately handed it to my enemy Juan Pena. You should have seen them. They spoke in their own Indian language, they hung over one another's shoulders, their faces changed utterly, they began calling me nina in a conciliatory voice.
Página 155 - The point I remember clearly was that I accused him, saying: "Senor, do you realize I am asking you no favor — no concession? The land is my own, left me by my husband, paid for by him — and you are deliberately inciting your people against me, to rob a woman — a foreigner — a widow — in y'our own country.
Página 397 - Sullens of lawful age, being first duly sworn, upon her oath deposes and says : That she is now fifty-three years of age ; that she has resided in Wright County, Missouri, her entire life.
Página 438 - I have the honour to transmit herewith a copy of a note I have just received from the Foreign Office upon which my telegram of today's date was based, relating to the detention at Hongkong of telegrams from the colonel commanding the United States forces at Tientsin to the commanding general at the Philippines. I have, etc., WALTER HINES PAGE. [Inclosure...