Word: contentedly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...spurious it is up to the mark of the best parts of the work. This addition is the "horse sacrifice" and tells how Udostheera and his army followed a white horse and conquered nation after nation. Peace and prosperity then came upon Udostheera's kingdom but he is not content, and abdicates. With his wife, four brothers, and a black dog, who is justice in disguise, he goes towards a sacred mountain for meditation. On the road all his companions except the dog drop dead, and these-two-soon reached the summit. A golden chariot arrives to take Undostheera...
...from the manager of mine to the owner of one is not difficult, as an experienced man gets opportunities of buying a mine from its ruined owner for very little. For the life of a mine manager a man must be able bodied, fond of an outdoor life, and content to live far from civilization in a condition resembling savagery. Railroads are beginning to employ geologists, who find their work in discovering and helping to develop the natural resources of the country through which the road runs. Still another field which is awaiting skillfully directed labor, is found...
...height, with a high studded basement. Particular attention is to be paid to the sanitary arrangement, the idea being to have the building the most perfect of its kind in America. The outside will probably be stone, though unless sufficient money is raised, the committee will have to content themselves with brick...
...entering a harbor, our vessels are under the municipal regulartions of the Dominion government and a right is given up which has been previously successfully asserted; (b) We practically give up right of transhipment allowed to them; (c) "it binds the United States to be content with whatever is given by this treaty as the full measure of its rights, and to be content with it forever," and in the face of all this allows British North American fishing vessels possession of all commercial rights in all the ports and waters of the United States:- Sen. Misc...
...truth of published reports. His advice to those who intend to enter the profession is to pay particular attention to Political Economy, History, and modern literature while in college, and after entering a newspaper office to expect neither large pay nor speedy advancement, but to be content to work up slowly...