inu.32000007302104	1916	a set-back in the Trentino owing to a sudden concentration of the Austrians, supported by very heavy artillery. the war, to visit the battle line of each of yards from the German trenches, with on its head like a great metal top. man who is a face reader will not need aggressive behind the Italian lines, for Italian headquarter town, which I will the Italians have the matter well in hand. My first experience of the Italian line Austrian position, the general curve of bravely carried by the Italians, lay in Italian trenches have been pushed within was anxious to see the Italian trenches, A GLIMPSE OF THE ITALIAN ARMY A GLIMPSE OF THE ITALIAN ARMY A GLIMPSE OF THE ITALIAN ARMY gun makes little matter. a public danger in days of war. thing upon earth which the French officer A GLIMPSE OF THE FRENCH LINE A GLIMPSE OF THE FRENCH LINE
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uiuc.3232641	1918	" Two battleships, four cruisers, twenty torpedo-boats, and eight submarines," said the saw a small war-vessel coming down Channel. The young man was as brave as his neighbours, but the hands went up all the same. if you want to know," said the young lady. " It''s like this, sir," said the footman, halting at our door/'' said Sir Charles, as one who thinks " I much fear, sir/'' said he, " that in correcting your fellow I have had the misfortune to " You are very right, sir," said the young " Now, sir," said the older man, " speak, and civil tongue, young man," said she. " No, you don''t," said the man, and put the " Look here, gov''nor," said the man from the " Last time he came," said Laddie, " Daddy " He''ll come all right after the war," said " Here," said little four-year-old John.
hvd.hn2bxl	1917	"Come, come, sir," said Holmes, laughing. "Wait a bit, Gregson," said Sherlock Holmes. Some time later Garcia looked in at my doorthe room was dark at the time and asked me "A very remarkable note," said Holmes, "Oh, very good," said Holmes. "Quite so, madam," said Holmes, in his soothing way. "Thank you, Miss Cushing," said Holmes, "The case," said Sherlock Holmes, as we "Lestrade has got him all right," said Holmes, "Dear me, Watson," said Holmes, staring "Here is the candle in the window, Mr. Holmes," said Gregson. "In that case," said Holmes, "my suggestion "Come, Watson," said he, "our ways lie elsewhere. "Let us reconstruct, Watson," said Holmes, "We can''t do these things in the force, Mr. Holmes," said he. "That is the lady," said Holmes. "Our time is limited, Watson," said Holmes. "I will tell you," said Holmes, "and the reason "Go and do the other half," said Holmes.
mdp.39015007005823	1923	needs doing, for the present state produces a completely false idea as to the real quality of American evidence of psychic forces came into my own household, bringing the subject very close to me, and how, the first time three out of the five great New York at one end of the seance-room in the Psychical Institute, and in it the medium was placed. mediums were to cheat in other cases, still the existence of these good likenesses presents proof of at Chenoweth, gave some very good results to the American Psychical Research Society. world Press there, men who deal only with great interests, like Mr. Mark Sullivan, with no connexion Some time afterwards an American Spiritualist wrote a life of Miss Field which purported to I introduced Mr. Arthur Stilwell to the audience, saying, "I am only in a position to talk of these wonderful matters, but here is a man who experiences them
uiug.30112042261195	1903	"But she asked us to come," said Jim. "Come now, little man," said she to me, when then, Champion Harrison told me how the fighting-men lived there, and my father how the heads "Yes, sir," said my uncle; "I wish no better sir," said my uncle at last, "that you have lost "I fear, sir, that Roddy must keep his country clothes," said he, "Even with my prizemoney ** "That''s the way with her, Sir Charles," said said he, "Your uncle is coming up to a supper "That''s Sir John Lade," said my uncle, "one "No, sir," said my uncle. Hand Cross," said my uncle, as we flew through my man, Sir Lothian," said my uncle, coldly. "Looks like it," said Jack Harrison. "Well, sir, you heard I was coming," said the "It''s my last fight, Sir Charles," said the smith. nephew," said he, "Sir Lothian and his man
hvd.32044021217070	1902	"Dr. Hamilton is the very man for our purpose, Evelyn," said Lord Linchmere. A small lamp stood on the table at my elbow, throwing a circle of light round my chair, but leaving the corners of the room draped in shadow. "Now, then, sir, look sharp, the train is going," said place it might be possible for a man, or even for an exceptionally active woman, to have left the train without " They will be here for supper at the latest," said Ralston, of the railway a keen, birdlike man, with bright eyes 6 Then you think we are saved?" said the old man, with He was a man who was fighting a ceaseless battle, holding at arm''s length, from morning till night, a horrible adversary, who was for ever trying to close with him — an adversary which would destroy He was, as I have said, a small, stout man, undistinguished in appearance, with a broad, smooth, clean-shaven
hvd.32044086823036	1906	Nigel looked at the old woman with shining eyes. "Come and fetch me, good fellow," said Nigel, with a "I have few friends, fair sir," said Nigel, with a "I know not what to ask, good sir," said Nigel. shall lay our hands on all three," said the Prince, looking As Chandos rode back again to the king, Nigel exchanged the old ash spear which had been his father''s "Nay, Sir John," said Nigel. "I pray you, fair and honoured sir," said Nigel, "that "I pray you, fair and honoured sir," said Nigel, "that "Nay, Aylward, I pray you to leave him," said Nigel. "By Saint Paul!" cried Nigel, looking with eager eyes "It is indeed a noble steed, fair sir," said Nigel. "Perchance you shall, fair sir," said Nigel, "for all that "I trust you make no mistake, old man," said Nigel. "I thank you, fair sir," said Nigel.
hvd.32044086822939	1911	And, dear old Ireland, God save you, Hold thou my ways from glutted days, About an Arab man wot ''ad I ''ave no grudge against the man — Supposin'' this ''ere Arab man Chanced to set the other way, An'' ''ow ''e came to stop ''imself is wot? Four days on end ''e never knew ''ow ''e ''ad Now past there came a godly man, From countries far away. Till a workin'' man he shouted out, afirst I left my sinful ways, Will set a scene within my brain, Man says that He is watching There comes no word to tell us The long waves rolled from far away (A man whom I remember in old days, By wooded shore, or sunlit head, And sing "There is no place like home." Where in days so long gone by Till on our left we gladly saw Strange that one man''s eager brain
coo.31924088059708	1920	tack on Sixth and Fifty-first Divisions—Engagement of the Twentyfifth and Forty-first Divisions-Attack on Forty-seventh, Sixtythird, Second, and Nineteenth Divisions—The German torrent— German had attacked two British divisions, and their way at this point through the line of the exhausted Fifty-first Division, who had fought with After the prolonged action the final line of the Nineteenth Division ran west of Bertincourt, the movement of retreat being to the south-west. forward line upon the first day of the German attack. Ninth Division was attacked, for the German infantry right of the Twenty-first Division, carrying the line . On the right the attack was too severe to be withstood, and not only the advance line but the battle out of the line, and the Thirty-ninth had the Sixtysixth Division on its right and the Twenty-first Cavalry Division galloped through the French infantry to hold off the attacking Germans, an episode The German attack upon the British lines by
mdp.39015086849976	1920	On August 22 the fortress surrendered, some of General Michel''s garrison being taken, but a considerable proportion effecting its retreat with the French Army which had gloomy days which opened the Boer War. The Second Army Corps sustained a severe loss cavalry was brought to a point about five miles bchind the centre of the line, so as to be able to reinforce either flank. the advancing Germans, but the estimate of the aviator placed them at two corps and a division of 40th Artillery Brigade, which were facing the German attack at this point, were badly mauled, one of The German artillery fire was heavy and welldirected, but the British batteries had held their own. Regiment, under Captain Vandeleur, upon the British left, having good cover and a clear field of fire, the German general in command observed and attempted to profit by any gap in the British line.
mdp.39015086849984	1920	south of the Bethune Canal, where there was a salient held by the 1st Infantry Brigade with the French The German attack, which came on in six lines, fell said generally that the tendency was for the Germans to encroach upon British ground in the Ypres The assault upon the left was undertaken by Pinney''s 23rd Infantry Brigade of the Eighth Division. a fresh, undamaged line of German trenches opposite to the right of the 21st Brigade. As the survivors of the British front line fell back, two companies of the 1st Cambridge Territorials took up a rallying position. Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth British Divisions, 13th Brigade, and cavalry buttress up the line. repulsed the attack on their left wing (Fourth Division), but sustain heavy loss on centre and right. These men were afterwards withdrawn to the German front line trenches in order to escape from the second German line of captured trenches was held
mdp.39015086849992	1920	consisted of the 8th Royal Lancasters, who lost heavily from rifle fire but charged home with great determination, flooding over the old German front line the north end of the line we shall begin with the attack of the Forty-sixth Division. to assure the advance of those corps of their comrades to the south who had profited by the accumulation of guns and men to the north of them in order to attacked upon the right, while the 20th Brigade advanced upon the left, having the 2nd Gordons and infantry then surged forward to the line of the Mametz-Montauban Road, where they lay under machine-gun fire with their left in the air, for a considerable gap had developed between them and the several lines of trenches at very little loss to themselves, the northern army found itself, on the evening of July 1, holding the outskirts of the villages of
coo.31924088059690	1920	British line had hinged during the Somme operations Gough''s Fifth Army took over the front, and advance was at the point where the new German line Fifteenth Division had to fall back from their advanced positions, taking up a line due north of strong German advance forced the Fourteenth Division back to their original line, with the result that the I Yorkshire Brigade of the Thirty-first Division advanced upon Oppy Wood, and found itself among May 20 marked a successful advance of the Thirtythird Division on the right of the Seventh Corps, left of the line the Germans attempted a counterattack while the main battle was going on. upon their right had captured the German first lines, Brigade, which had held the line, but the attacking remained for a time with the Germans, but the Thirtythird Division had also advanced upon the right of it, strong attack upon the British line, especially the right
mdp.39015086850024	1920	ground gained and holding a series of counter-attacks, one of which drove back an advanced line of fighting all day along the Corps front, but the advance was pushed forward for another 2500 yards. south the 14th Australian Brigade of the Fifth Division was advancing straight upon the town of On September 18 the Corps attacked with the Sixth Division in touch with the French on the right, and the direction of the 50th Brigade was not an unmixed evil, for while it left the Twenty-first Division with its right flank exposed and in considerable difficulty, it made a pocket of a large number day of General Byng''s advance, and to follow Haldane''s Sixth Corps on the northern flank of the army The Corps line on the left was well forward on its objectives, though on the right the advance had not been as far as was expected.
mdp.39015008918545	1912	never could produce, however, was the essential thing, and that was the least connecting link between Slater and Miss Gilchrist, or witnesses saw their man under conditions of (This witness had seen the man the night According to the evidence of two witnesses he was seen in a billiard room at 6.20. Miss Brown, however identified Oscar Slater (after the usual absurd fashion of such identifications) as the second man, whom she describes, as of "Dark According to the evidence of Lambie, the latter left Miss Gilchrist alone in the house at Barrowman gave evidence in America, purporting to identify him as the man seen leaving Miss Slater, as the man whom she had seen leaving five minutes to seven on the evening of the murder, she saw a dark, clean-shaven man leaning evidence as this, because the man she saw was this witness pointed out Slater as the man in the
nyp.33433088074582	1922	I heard, in conversation with my friend Mr. Gow, the Editor of Light, that alleged photographs of fairies had been taken. little girl in the picture who wrote fairy photographs of the valley scenery including the two spots shown in the fairy prints, have appealed to me at any time, but I happened at the moment to be collecting material for an article on fairies, now completed, and I had accumulated a surprising heard from a friend of photographs of fairies having been successfully taken in the two negatives," he says, "are entirely genuine, unfaked photographs of single exposure, open-air work, show movement in the people have seen the fairies, though everybody in the little village knew of their look at the fairies, but is posing for the photograph in the ordinary way. fairy, like a carnation in shape, the head appearing where the stalk touches the flower
hvd.32044037103587	1902	same time news came of a concentration at Malmani, upon the Bechuanaland border, threatening the railway line and the British town of Mafeking, a name destined before long to be familiar to the world. While the Coldstreams, the Grenadiers, and the Yorkshire Light Infantry were holding back the Boer attack upon our right flank the indomitable Gordons, the men of Dargai, furious with the desire to avenge further consisting of Dundonald''s mounted men who were to attack Hlangwane Hill, a fortified Boer position upon the south of the river, while Barton''s Brigade was to support it and to connect this attack with the central If General Buller''s real idea was a reconnaissance in force in order to determine the position and strength of the Boer lines, then of course his
hvd.32044086822970	1911	Save for a narrow edge of snow-white surf, the Mediterranean lay blue and serene as far as the eye could age, clean shaven, with a massive head, large engorged eyes, a small, clear-cut nose, and the full, the emperor, looking round with his fierce eyes at that we keep you at home," said the old man anxiously. The old man looked at his son with startled eyes. But far away in the wooden farm house of a distant Macedonian valley two old country folk wept talks like that," said he; "but we know that for "Old man," said he at last, "to how many have papyrus in his hand, looking at the old man and "So I shall, Captain Sharkey," said the old seaman, "for I have done my duty so far as my power The young man looked up with an angry face. days we made good time, and were no great way
coo.31924051019580	1912	Professor Challenger answered that Mr. Summerlee appeared to be confusing the Amazon with the Thames; that Lord Iohn Roxton has some points in common with Professor Summerlee, and others in which they are the very antithesis to each other. "I am bound to say, sir," said Lord Iohn, with some stemness of voice, "that your turning up is a considerable relief Last night Challenger said that he never cared to walk on the Thames Embankment and look up the river, as it was always sad to see . "It was on that," said Professor Challenger, pointing to this As Challenger spoke of his pterodactyl I glanced at Professor Summerlee, and for the first time I seemed to see some "There seems to be only one reasonable course," said Professor Summerlee. "I think I should back my little friend," said Lord Iohn, "I thought he wouldn''t face the fire," said Lord Iohn,
hvd.32044020698825	1918	mind, the spirit, the intelligence of man actual manifestation of the spirit independently of the body at the other, was one unbroken chain, each phase leading to the whereas she several times sustained long examinations under every possible test condition at the hands of scientific committees real value consists in the fact that they support and give objective reality to an immense body of knowledge which must deeply come true were far beyond what any guessing or coincidence could account for. Moses, with his Spirit Teachings, the doctrines which are said to come from beyond fact of all, the continuity of life and the communication with the dead, was most certainly accounts of life in the next world, one received through the hand of the near relative that the new spirit body was possibly so far life, the new Spirit has a period of sleep none of them, each message being characterTHE COMING LIFE 77
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hvd.32044086822954	1914	"Dear Inspector Macdonald," said the letter which he read to us,—"Official requisition for easy-going, free-handed gentleman," said Ames, "Well, state your case, Mr. Mac," said Holmes, "I''ve had a good look, Mr. Holmes," said If it were suicide, then we have to believe that this man began by taking off his wedding ring and concealing it; that he then came down here in his dressing gown, trampled mud into a corner behind "We have taken every possible step, Mrs. Douglas," said the Inspector. "Might I ask," said Holmes, "what the words "I was thinking the same thing," said McMurdo. Having had a good look at his man, McMurdo "He''s Councilor McGinty, young man," said "One last word, Brother McMurdo," said McGinty. "Your time will come, Brother," said the chairman. "I''d like to know," said McMurdo, "how you hands," said McMurdo. hands," said McMurdo. "Now, McMurdo!" said McGinty when they
hvd.32044014169940	1919	living spirit of Christ as evident in the utterances of Catholic Bishops, like Hartmann to find a most tender, sympathetic and helpful comrade and guide, whose spirit influences all things even when His bodily presence is not visible. A great centre of proof and of inspiration lay during those early days in Mr. D.D. Home, a Scottish-American, who possessed Home''s life, written by his second wife, is a book which deserves very careful reading. of the gift which is, in my opinion, responsible for cases when a medium who has passed Johannes, the earth-bound spirit-earthbound by his great love for the old abbey in us, then, with confidence examine this matter of the "spiritual body,'' to use the term detailed manuscript accounts, such published narratives as "Claude''s Book," purporting to come from a young British aviator; "Thy Son Liveth," from an American still inquire how far these powers were contained always within His human body, or
hvd.hc38fm	1921	Mr. Hughes'' letter of welcome-Challenges.-Mr. Carlyle Smythe.-The Adelaide Press.-The great also after three years of incessant controversy, speaking often five times a week, and continually endeavouring to uphold the cause in the press. exaggerated when I said that it was the most remarkable demonstration that I had ever seen and that nothing like it had ever occurred in the City of London. of these good, kind people was aboard, bearing great these developing mediums present, and much information was given, but little of it could be said to be truly "we," I mean that such letters with inquiries came continually to my wife as well as myself, though she answered them with far greater fullness and clearness old-established station, typical of the real life of Australia, for cities are much the same the world over. in the Cause and should bring some good spiritual interest in time to come.
njp.32101013577752	1907	the world''s great story-tellers, and out comes one may come to think too little of the living. (life is too short to read originals so long as once more a great man, and saw nothing It is a great thing to start life with a small a life of the great Soldier Emperor, but that fury: the whole man and his life-history are in upon one how great and noble a man For that reason his life is good reading, own account at the man''s actual words, deeds, in the view which a great man takes of old age up a great man with singular un-English by him, still thinks himself as good a man, the Midst of Life." This man had a flavor quite his own, and was a great artist in his better books for exciting a man''s first interest, and giving a broad general view of the 
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