Thus half-contented, anxious in his mind, The distant cries come driving in the wind, Shouts from the walls, but shouts in murmurs drown’d; A jarring mixture, and a boding sound. — from The Aeneid by Virgil
Department cabled cautioning Dewey
In reviewing the history of those times the writer has not been so careless as to have overlooked Senator [ 38 ] Lodge’s elaborate speech in the Senate on March 7, 1900, wherein attention is called to the circumstance that a few days after Aguinaldo landed at Cavite, the Navy Department cabled cautioning Dewey to have no alliance with him that might complicate us, and that the Admiral answered he had made no alliance and would make none. — from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount
Le concours des theologiens, & des rituels, qui sont les regles des dioceses, paroit former une autorite qui termine la question presente; cependant le conseil de conscience considerant d'un cote, que le raisonnement des theologiens est uniquement fonde sur une raison de convenance, & que la deffense des rituels suppose que l'on ne peut baptiser immediatement les enfans ainsi renfermes dans le sein de leurs meres, ce qui est contre la supposition presente; & d'un autre cote, considerant que les memes theologiens enseignent, que l'on peut risquer les sacremens que Jesus Christ a etablis comme des moyens faciles, mais necessaires pour sanctifier les hommes; & d'ailleurs estimant, que les enfans renfermes dans le sein de leurs meres, pourroient etre capables de salut, parcequ'ils sont capables de damnation;—pour ces considerations, & en egard a l'expose, suivant lequel on assure avoir trouve un moyen certain de baptiser ces enfans ainsi renfermes, sans faire aucun tort a la mere, le Conseil estime que l'on pourroit se servir du moyen propose, dans la confiance qu'il a, que Dieu n'a point laisse ces sortes d'enfans sans aucuns secours, & supposant, comme il est expose, que le moyen dont il s'agit est propre a leur procurer le bapteme; cependant comme il s'agiroit, en autorisant la pratique proposee, de changer une regle universellement etablie, le Conseil croit que celui qui consulte doit s'addresser a son eveque, & a qui il appartient de juger de l'utilite, & du danger du moyen propose, & comme, sous le bon plaisir de l'eveque, le Conseil estime qu'il faudroit recourir au Pape, qui a le droit d'expliquer les regles de l'eglise, & d'y deroger dans le cas, ou la loi ne scauroit obliger, — from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne
Diego Captain Centellas dos
ESCENA IX SCENE IX (Buttarelli, Don Gonzalo, Don Diego, El capitán (Buttarelli, Don Gonzalo, Don Diego, Captain Centellas, dos caballeros, Avellaneda) Centellas, two gentlemen, Avellaneda) AVELLANEDA: — from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Cato Island 6 m Natural resources: NEGL Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 100% (mostly grass or scrub cover) Irrigated land: 0 sq km (1993) Natural hazards: occasional, tropical cyclones Environment-current issues: no permanent fresh water resources Environment-international agreements: party to: NA signed, but not ratified: NA Geography-note: important nesting area for birds and turtles @Coral Sea Islands:People Population: no indigenous inhabitants note: there is a staff of three to four at the meteorological station @Coral Sea Islands:Government Country name: conventional long form: Coral Sea Islands Territory conventional short form: Coral Sea Islands Data code: CR Dependency status: territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories Legal system: the laws of Australia, where applicable, apply Executive branch: administered from Canberra by the Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories Diplomatic representation in the US: none (territory of Australia) Diplomatic representation from the US: none (territory of Australia) Flag description: the flag of Australia is used @Coral Sea Islands:Economy Economy-overview: no economic activity Communications Communications-note: there are automatic weather relay stations on many of the isles and reefs relaying data to the mainland @Coral Sea Islands:Transportation Ports and harbors: none; offshore anchorage only @Coral Sea Islands:Military Military-note: defense is the responsibility of Australia; visited regularly by the Royal Australian Navy; Australia has control over the activities of visitors @Coral Sea Islands:Transnational Issues Disputes-international: none ______________________________________________________________________ — from The 1998 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
In "Chores" we are brought vividly face to face with the bleakest aspect of rusticity; the dull, commonplace couple, dwelling so far from the rest of mankind that they have become almost primitive in thought and feelings, losing all the complex refinements and humanities of social existence. — from Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
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