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Page 54 - And opened new fountains in the human heart. Where fancy halted, weary in her flight, In other men, his, fresh as morning, rose, And soared untrodden heights, and seemed at home Where angels bashful looked. Others...
Page 55 - Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! — For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.
Page 3 - Be it enacted by the Board of Aldermen and Board of Common Council of the city of Washington...
Page 77 - ... per centum of the assessed value of all real and personal property in the city...
Page 70 - Secretary transmit a copy of these proceedings to the family of the deceased, and assure them of our sincere condolence on account of the great loss they have sustained.
Page 54 - How long is the longest line that can be stretched in a room 16 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 10 feet high?
Page 70 - Twenty-second Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Public Schools of the city of Washington ...... The Trustees.
Page 79 - SECTION 1. That the following sums of money be and the same are hereby appropriated out of any...
Page 73 - The Auditing Committee reported that they had examined the Treasurer's accounts, and found them correct. The report was adopted and the Committee discharged.
Page 76 - That the mayor be, and he is hereby authorized and requested to purchase, on the terms and conditions hereinafter designated, on behalf of the city of St. Louis, from Thomas F. Smith, Esq., a certain lot or piece of ground situate on Market Street (so called), near the corporate limits of St.

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