Proceedings of the Western Gas AssociationThe Association., 1899 |
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Σελίδα 96 - If you will embark, with your time, money, and skill, in an enterprise which will accommodate the public necessities, we will grant to you, for a limited period, or in perpetuity, privileges that will justify the expenditure of your money, and the employment of your time and skill.
Σελίδα 59 - The fire beneath his crucible was low, Yet still it burned ; and ever, as his thoughts Grew insupportable, he raised himself Upon his wasted arm, and stirred the coals With difficult energy; and when the rod Fell from his nerveless fingers, and his eye Felt faint within its socket, he shrunk back Upon his pallet,. and, with unclosed lips, Muttered a curse on death.
Σελίδα 59 - THE DYING ALCHYMIST. THE night wind with a desolate moan swept by, And the old shutters of the turret swung Screaming upon their hinges, and the moon, As the torn edges of the clouds flew past, Struggled aslant the stained and broken panes So dimly, that the watchful eye of death Scarcely was conscious when it went and came.
Σελίδα 502 - Said Board shall annually, immediately after its own organization, elect a Finance Committee of three from its own number, who shall have power to examine at any time the books and accounts of the Secretary-Treasurer...
Σελίδα 500 - ARTICLE X MEETINGS The annual meeting of the Association shall be held on the third Tuesday in May or on such day and at such place as may be determined by the trustees.
Σελίδα 60 - Jupiter, is moic than twenty-seven times less than he appears to us ; and as the intensity of light decreases in proportion to the square of the distance, there will be twenty-seven times less light on this planet than on the earth. But if the intensity of the light be increased by reflection from any substances connected with this planet, or if the inhabitants have the pupils of their eyes much larger than ours, all the objects around them may appear...
Σελίδα 79 - ... the matter, and would put it up to me to save it, I would say that I could do it very easily. All you have got to do is to tell me what is the trouble and I would guarantee to fix it. (Applause). Thereupon, after some minor discussion by Messrs. Davis, Mcllhenny, Owens and others, it was regularly moved and seconded that a vote of thanks be tendered to Mr. Holmes for his paper, which motion was unanimously carried by a rising vote. On motion, the convention adjourned, to meet at 9 o'clock, the...
Σελίδα 437 - A contract, which usually conveys an interest merely in action, is thus defined: 'an agreement upon sufficient consideration, to do or not to do a particular thing'.
Σελίδα 60 - And with a shudder in his skeleton frame, He rose with supernatural strength, and sat Upright, and communed with himself: — I did not think to die Till I had finished what I had to do ; I thought to pierce th...
Σελίδα 498 - The officers of the Association shall consist of a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer...