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Page 156 - Of eche of hem, so as it semed me, And which they weren, and of what degre ; And eek in what array that they were inne : And at a knight than wol I first bygynne. A KNIGHT ther was, and that a worthy man, That from the tyme that he ferst bigan To ryden out, he lovede chyvalrye, Trouthe and honour, fredom and curtesie.
Page 55 - No person shall be ineligible to serve upon said board of trustees by reason of sex. Such board of trustees shall be elected by ballot, and shall organize annually by the choice of a chairman and secretary from their own number.
Page 29 - The school is set at the task of teaching the pupil how to use the library in the best manner — that, I take it, is the central object toward which our American schools have been unconsciously...
Page 80 - One is sometimes asked by young people to recommend a course of reading. My advice would be that they should confine themselves to the supreme books in whatever literature, or still better to choose some one great author, and make themselves thoroughly familiar with him.
Page 52 - The officers shall consist of a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer.
Page 49 - An Index of the Grey Collection in the South African Public Library, by Th.
Page 125 - He shall make an annual report to be submitted to the Association. He shall give a bond to the President in such sum, and with such sureties, as shall be approved by the Executive Committee.
Page 125 - ... five years, one for four years, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year, and thereafter as the terms of office expire in each year one member for a term of five years.
Page 122 - Congressional record (bound), ' statutes-at-large,' and of every ether government publication, not already supplied for this purpose, printed at the government printing-office, including the publications of all bureaus and offices of the government, excepting bills, resolutions, documents printed for the special use of committees of congress, and circulars designed not for communicating information to the public, but for use within the several executive departments and offices of the government,...
Page 156 - Wei nyne and twenty in a compainye, Of sondry folk, by aventure i-falle In felaweschipe, and pilgryms were thei alle, That toward Caunterbury wolden ryde ; The chambres and the stables weren wyde, And wel we weren esed atte beste.