...over a large part of the civilized world. If we must confess that the vice of dram-drinking did, at the close of the last century and the beginning of the present, go far toward fixing upon us the disgrace of being a nation of drunkards, it may be accepted as some...

...it is associated with the most exciting passages of the struggle between the French and English at the close of the last century and the beginning of the present. No island so small has so great a history, whether Biblical or political. AD 61. 577 Mediterranean,...

...dresses, with~~threads of silver forming the motto, God save the King." A kind of amusement common at the close of the last century, and the beginning of the present, in America, and to a certain extent in Canada, was that of boxing — boxing that too often amounted...

...towards the ministry is not known, nor when his heart was first savingly impressed by the truth. At the close of the last century and the beginning of the present, there was, throughout all the churches, a great awakening in behalf of missions to the heathen. The...

...the broadest sense, has been much enriched by the research and learning of the medical profession. The close of the last century, and the beginning of the present, produced discoverers, in the domain of medical science, who may fairly take rank with Newton or Columbus...

...The superstitions of the middle ages held no slight power over the minds of the working classes at the close of the last century and the beginning of the present. My grandfather Hay, my mother's father, was originally from Northumberland. In his early years he had...

...the contributions of other missionaries, greatly aided the study of Chinese literature in France. At the close of the last century and the beginning of the present, Europe, especially France, could. boast of many eminent Sinologues, as M. Stanislaus Julien, MG Pauthier,...

...sphere. Nor can it be denied that the events and opinions »hich accompanied the political agitations at the close of the last century and the beginning of the present, had their own effect on the minds of Seceders.' It became 4nit« a common occurrence to modify an assent...

...It was carried to, perhaps, its highest pitch of digplay, and even complexity of construction, about the close of the last century and the beginning of the present. We have seen and have now in our possession, Hymn-tunes composed, and publicly used about that period...

...the contributions of other missionaries, greatly aided the study of Chinese literature in France. At the close of the last century and the beginning of the present, Europe, especially France, could boast of many eminent Sinologues, as M. Stanislaus Julien, MG Pauthier,...