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In terms of its own global radio, OWI prepared planning and control materials in Washington and relayed these to New York and San Francisco.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
Still, at the rehearsal great approbation was expressed, and I myself (for I place no great reliance on Parisian praise) was very much satisfied with my choruses.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
In the great ‘register of patents’ ( patta bahi ) of Mewar we find a species of [498] bhum held by the greater vassals on particular crown lands; whether this originated from inability of ceding entire townships to complete the estate to the rank of the incumbent, or whether it was merely in confirmation of the grant of the commune, could not be ascertained.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod
What a striking example of the great reserve of personal power, which, even in dissolute lives, is sometimes called out by a great emergency or sudden sorrow, and ever after leads the life to victory!
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
Brinton, Daniel G. , Religions of Primitive Peoples .
— from Races and Immigrants in America by John R. (John Rogers) Commons
It was the work of incendiaries,—of ministers, to get rid of perplexing papers,—of government officers with troublesome accounts to balance,—of a sporting lord, for a heavy wager,—of a conspiracy of builders,—and of “a unsuspected party.”
— from London Labour and the London Poor (Vol. 1 of 4) by Henry Mayhew
"Yes; immense quantities of wheat come down the Vistula from the grain regions of Prussia, Poland, and other countries.
— from Northern Lands; Or, Young America in Russia and Prussia by Oliver Optic
“All maintained silence and he went on as follows: “ ‘I shall never succeed in giving the reason, but the fact is that the story of the empty armor always seemed to me a fable manufactured in favor of some noble personage whom perhaps grave reasons of public policy did not permit the judges to make known or to punish.
— from Romantic legends of Spain by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Good reproductions of photographs printed in connection with the articles assist readers to visualize and to understand what a writer is undertaking to explain.
— from How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer
Which Dion casts like sweet and general rain On parching poverty.
— from Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas by Olive Tilford Dargan
Yet if the owner of a house sees fit to paint advertisements upon his walls, his exercise of the jealously guarded rights of private property may not lightly be disturbed.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Prayer is omnipotent; and, if we would see the kingdom of Christ come speedily in the world, we must have a great revival of prevailing prayer.
— from The Art of Soul-Winning by J. W. (John Wilmot) Mahood
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