Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Հատոր 178W. Blackwood & Sons, 1905 |
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... the prospect from it ; my two trees ; the tits ; last , but by no means least , that uncon- scious comforter , my dawn- bird . A WEEK after Wilmot left Pretoria jail he was on 1905. ] 61 The Dawn - Bird and other Friends .
... the prospect from it ; my two trees ; the tits ; last , but by no means least , that uncon- scious comforter , my dawn- bird . A WEEK after Wilmot left Pretoria jail he was on 1905. ] 61 The Dawn - Bird and other Friends .
Էջ 62
... Wilmot left Pretoria jail he was on the first stage in the Great Trek . The plan of campaign necessi- tated a visit to Smeer's farm to procure riding - horses , and a good - bye call at Rietspruit . The journey from Krugersdorp to the ...
... Wilmot left Pretoria jail he was on the first stage in the Great Trek . The plan of campaign necessi- tated a visit to Smeer's farm to procure riding - horses , and a good - bye call at Rietspruit . The journey from Krugersdorp to the ...
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... Wilmot : you think I would turn on a friend . " He spoke bitterly . " I don't understand you . How can you turn on me ? I only mean that when you come back , if successful , you will have no need to trouble about me ; you will be going ...
... Wilmot : you think I would turn on a friend . " He spoke bitterly . " I don't understand you . How can you turn on me ? I only mean that when you come back , if successful , you will have no need to trouble about me ; you will be going ...
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... Wilmot , new to the charm and novelty of waggon - travel , which few Englishmen fail to appreciate until custom and necessity have robbed it of its fascinations . He found a thrill- ing , boyish delight in every phase of the day's ...
... Wilmot , new to the charm and novelty of waggon - travel , which few Englishmen fail to appreciate until custom and necessity have robbed it of its fascinations . He found a thrill- ing , boyish delight in every phase of the day's ...
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... Wilmot he stood aghast . The side of the hill it was proposed to launch the waggon down sloped at an angle varying between thirty - five and forty- five degrees . It was largely covered with grass , but the many gullies , projecting ...
... Wilmot he stood aghast . The side of the hill it was proposed to launch the waggon down sloped at an angle varying between thirty - five and forty- five degrees . It was largely covered with grass , but the many gullies , projecting ...
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Էջ 399 - Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear, It is not night if thou be near ; Oh, may no earth-born cloud arise To hide thee from thy servant's eyes.
Էջ 404 - Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take ; Till in the ocean of Thy love We lose ourselves in Heaven above.
Էջ 361 - Therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavour to obtain good customs. Certainly custom is most perfect when it beginneth in young years : this we call education, which is in effect but an early custom.
Էջ 35 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood...
Էջ 509 - And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But now begins...
Էջ 477 - His Majesty allowed Earl Temple to say that whoever voted for the India Bill was not only not his friend, but would be considered by him as an enemy ; and if these words were not strong enough, Earl Temple might use whatever words he might deem stronger and more to the purpose.
Էջ 399 - And there was Claverhouse, as beautiful as when he lived, with his long, dark, curled locks, streaming down over his laced buff-coat, and his left hand always on his right spule-blade, to hide the wound that the silver bullet had made...
Էջ 604 - ... to behold this nation, instead of despairing at its alarming condition, looking boldly its situation in the face, and establishing upon a spirited and permanent plan the means of relieving itself from all its...
Էջ 88 - But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal George's will, An there's the foe!
Էջ 142 - And be it enacted, that the Superintendence, Direction, and Control of the whole Civil and Military Government of all the said Territories and Revenues in India shall be and is "hereby vested in a GovernorGeneral and Counsellors, to be styled " The GovernorGeneral of India in Council.