Had not these courageous sailors put up such a thoroughgoing battle, and had not the Japanese admiral commanding gotten cold feet, we would have been dealt a crushing defeat.

Powerful causes tending to stereotype and aggravate the poverty of old conditions.

Doubt me not; by heaven, I will do nothing / But what may stand with honour.

I wet the rod and measured the stuff into the top and by that time the water was steaming. I filled the lower half of the dingus and set it on the flame.