Under Sealed Orders

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Grosset & Dunlap, 1917 - 318 pages
 

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Page 162 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
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Page 235 - and the widow buried her face in her hands, and sobbed as if her heart would break. The sufferer, aroused from his partial slumber by the sobs of his mother, extended his hand feebly toward her.
Page 276 - I am in a great hurry this morning. And I am afraid if I stay I may say something to hurt your feelings. Mr. Randall is a friend of mine, and I have great respect for him. I have always made it a point of being loyal to my friends, and adversity is the test of friendship.
Page 176 - Irujo is rather a free paraphraseing and adaptation though a translation. duction so important in the present circumstances, I am sending it to you in translation, although very superficially done. I hope your Excellency will excuse my sending you the first draft of this translation since we have been so busy that I have had no time to make a clean copy. I recommend then that your Excellency read it and I do not doubt that after you have read it, you will have very full and accurate ideas of the...
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