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... truth that turns all other explanations of the fact into mere shuffling and juggling. And the reader will find that in Section 11, at the end of the statute which is here reproduced (whether the omission of Europeans was a mistake of the Parliamentary draftsmen, or the printers, we know not), it is expressly stated that "this Act may be cited for all purposes as the NATIVES' Land Act, 1913." Who, then, will continue to argue that it was intended ...

— Native Life in South Africa, Before and Since • Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje

... of fourteen had escaped being red-inked. It was that gigantic omission that brought Castle back from the front of the office. He loved ...

— A Canadian Bankclerk • J. P. Buschlen

... jurisdiction in civil cases in China, American citizens there are subject to no law whatever. Crimes may be committed with impunity and debts may be contracted without any means to enforce their payment. Inconveniences have already resulted from the omission of Congress to legislate upon the subject, and still greater are apprehended. The British authorities in China have already complained that this Government has not provided for the punishment of crimes or the enforcement of contracts against American citizens in that country, ...

— State of the Union Addresses of James Polk • James Polk

... although he felt the omission to be matter for regret, he had never, as far as his recollection served him, found his wish to do so particularized in ...

— Peak and Prairie - From a Colorado Sketch-book • Anna Fuller

... commissioned him to treat for Clump Lodge, otherwise called the "Casino;" that the said gentleman did not shoot—lived in great seclusion—and, having no family, did not care about the repairs of the place, provided only it were made weather-proof—if the omission of more expensive reparations could render the rent suitable to his finances, which were very limited. The offer came at a fortunate moment—when the steward had just been representing to the Squire the necessity of doing ...

— International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, - No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 • Various

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