Spain , geographical position, 32 ; results of maritime weakness of, 41 , 42 , 193 , 313-317 , 327 , 345 , 346 , 541 ; dependence of finances upon treasure-ships, 41 , 244 , 313 , 346 , 539 ; effect of national character upon sea power, 50-52 , 54 ; unity of aim with Austria, 91 , 92 ; policy of Richelieu toward, 93 ; condition of, in 1660, 94 , 95 ; condition of navy, in 1660, 94 ; aggressions of Louis XIV. — from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
Off to the east the eye could distinguish four distinct ranges of mountains beyond the Mission Ridge, the last being the obscure Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, undoubtedly sixty miles distant. — from An Artilleryman's Diary by Jenkins Lloyd Jones
of neglected children under school
The Edinburgh Provincial Council for the Training of Teachers opened another Free Kindergarten as a demonstration school for Froebelian methods, a practising school for students, and also as an experimental school, where attempts might be made to solve problems as to the education of neglected children under school age. — from The Child under Eight by E. R. (Elsie Riach) Murray
of Nature c until she
She was, moreover “ folle de ce cher Jean Jacques, l’homme de la Nature, et citoyen de Genève ,” and raved about sentiment and presentiment, and the errors 336 and vices of civilization, and the far more preferable state of savage life, and “the feelings implanted in our bosoms by the God of Nature,” &c.; until she, being rather a portly person, and always overlaced, would sometimes turn suddenly black in the face, and alarm her auditors by a desperate fit of coughing, which she owed to her asthma, and which was only quelled by the exertions of the two tall valets who stood behind her chair; the one patted her most vigorously on the back, while the other jerked cold water in her face from a glass ewer, which always stood ready at hand for the purpose. — from Reminiscences of Prince Talleyrand, Volume 1 (of 2) by Colmache, M., active 19th century
of narrow crooked unsavoury streets
The Paris of the fifteenth century was a triple city of narrow, crooked, unsavoury streets, of overhanging timbered houses, “thick as ears of corn in a wheat-field,” from which emerged the innumerable spires and towers of her churches and palaces and colleges. — from Paris and Its Story by Thomas Okey
of neck chest under side
—Crown with a longitudinal central crest, the hairs sloping evenly backward, with no reversed tuft of hair on the back of the head; general colour of back, shoulders, outer sides of limbs, and tail (though darker above than below) {118} hoary grey, the hairs being commingled black and white; crest, centre of crown, and nape deep glossy black; all the rest of the head, forehead, temples, sides of crown and neck, cheeks, lips, septum of nose, tufted chin, front of neck, chest, under side of body and the inside of the limbs as far as the middle of the fore-arm and lower leg pure white; hands and feet deep black; face black. — from A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 2 (of 2) by Henry O. (Henry Ogg) Forbes
only not compare us so
"And oh," added Fan, "if she would only not compare us so constantly with that poor man who had the studio last year! — from The Romance of a Shop by Amy Levy
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