December 2009 - Pppehrserver-law-us

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by Vallance 29 Dec '09

29 Dec '09

book through, I asked if there was not something more. Yes, there were some old letters, preserved in a lumber room at the top of the house. These I was allowed to see. This task, too, was of great interest and I spent the better part of a summer holiday reading, analyzing, and copying letters. Some of them told of the schoolboy days, in Edinburgh, of the old Colonel's son and heir, the second seigneur, of this son's life at Gibraltar at the time when Trafalgar was fought, of his return to Canada, of campai

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by Walrath Sittloh 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

To them the plains around the Po, ([Greek: "ta peri ton Padon pedia,"]) and, reminding them of the good disposition of the Gauls who dwelt there, he further showed them the situation of Rome itself.[27] The Appenines, beyond the plain of Piedmont, seen from Mont Cenis, might correctly be taken as the direction, at least, where Rome lay. 4. The steep and rocky declivity by which the _old_ road formerly descended to the valley of Susa, and where the travellers descended in sledges, till Napoleon's magnificent _chaussee_ was formed, which makes great circuit to the westward, corresponds perfectly to the famous places mentioned both by Livy and Polybius, where the path had been torn away by a recent avalanche, and the fabulous story of the vinegar was placed. This place in Mont Cenis is immediately below the summit of the pass, and may now be seen furrowed by a roaring torrent, amidst dark ledges of rock; the corresponding chasm on the southern side of the Little St Bernard is _below_ the reach of avalanches.[28] 5. On the summit of Mont Cenis is still to be seen a "_white_ rock" called the "Roche Blanche," which answers to the [Greek: "leuchopetron,"] mentioned by Polybius, on the summit of the Alps which Hannibal crossed, whereas there is nothing like it on the Little St Bernard, at least of such magnitude as to have formed a place of night refuge to Hannibal. 6. What is perhaps most important of all, it is expressly mentioned by Polybius, that "_in one day's time_ the chasm in the mountain sides was repaired, so that there was room for the horses and beasts of burden to descend. They were immediately conduct

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by Torred 18 Dec '09

18 Dec '09

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by Boardley Dease 16 Dec '09

16 Dec '09

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by Jespersen Welson 14 Dec '09

14 Dec '09

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by Swartzentrube 11 Dec '09

11 Dec '09

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by Plautz 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

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by Alverson 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

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{Spam?} "No, sir, I don't--that is, yessir, I do. Hexcuse me, sir
by Buchheit 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

Tell you, matey." "Matey!" groaned Mr. Brimberly, turning up his eyes. "I'm the Guv's familiar friend and personal pal, I am. I'm 'is adviser, confeedential, matreemonial, circumstantial, an' architect'ral. I'm 'is trainer, advance agent, manager, an' sparrin' partner--that's who I am. An' now, mate, 'avin' 'elped to marry 'im, I've jest took a run down 'ere to see as all things is fit an' proper for 'is 'oneymoon!" "My word, this is a mad feller, this is!" murmured Mr. Brimberly, "or else 'e 's drunk!" "Drunk?" exclaimed

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