But Georgia with a stronger prima facie case evinced little regard for the claims of the Federal Government.
— from Union and Democracy by Allen Johnson
If efficiency and the cost of producing food remain the same as at first, suppose a change to occur which raises the quantity of corn each laborer receives from 1,000 to 1,100, or, as it is called, increases his real wages—then the account will be: 500 men, each producing 1,200 yards, give a total product of 600,000 yards.
— from Principles of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill
Would the selfish and the cowardly ever lack reasons for yielding to the enemy?
— from What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon
On Christmas eve they had four yule logs, each a cart-load (“unusquisque erit unius quadrigatae”), with four trusses of straw; four trusses of straw on All Saints eve and Easter eve; and four bundles of rushes on the eves of Pentecost, St. John Baptist, and St. Mary Magdalene; and on the anniversary of 38 Martin de Sancta Cruce, every leper received five shillings and fivepence in money.
— from Archæological Essays, Vol. 2 by James Young Simpson
By / S. T. Coleridge , Esq. / London : / Rest Fenner, 23, Paternoster Row. /
— from The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Vol 2 (of 2) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
L'Eglise catholique et la Revolution francaise.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1973 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
It contains no towns of any size but most of its traffic is now conducted by the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City electric line running from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City.
— from History of Linn County Iowa From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time [1911] by Luther Albertus Brewer
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