Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Հատոր 178W. Blackwood & Sons, 1905 |
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... asked who was vic- torious : when told by chance , he said nothing , but shrugged his shoulders . Then , when Russia fought with Turkey , he was just as indifferent : hearing that the Turks were beaten , he merely said , ' Of course ...
... asked who was vic- torious : when told by chance , he said nothing , but shrugged his shoulders . Then , when Russia fought with Turkey , he was just as indifferent : hearing that the Turks were beaten , he merely said , ' Of course ...
Էջ 45
... asked for , and read and translated it correctly with out a stop or hitch , and was compli- mented by the master , when I con- cluded , on the correctness with which I had read and answered ; and ever afterwards I felt no small pride in ...
... asked for , and read and translated it correctly with out a stop or hitch , and was compli- mented by the master , when I con- cluded , on the correctness with which I had read and answered ; and ever afterwards I felt no small pride in ...
Էջ 47
... asked me to send my horse back to Ullapool with a tele- gram . I calmly said that I had driven my horse the previous day from Scourie to Ullapool , a distance of over forty miles , that he was very tired , and that I could not comply ...
... asked me to send my horse back to Ullapool with a tele- gram . I calmly said that I had driven my horse the previous day from Scourie to Ullapool , a distance of over forty miles , that he was very tired , and that I could not comply ...
Էջ 48
... asked by Mr J. M. Barrie : " If I were to write a book or a play about the ' Forty - Five , how should I make the Highland chiefs in hiding spend their time ? " " In reading Virgil and Horace , or in making Latin verses of their own if ...
... asked by Mr J. M. Barrie : " If I were to write a book or a play about the ' Forty - Five , how should I make the Highland chiefs in hiding spend their time ? " " In reading Virgil and Horace , or in making Latin verses of their own if ...
Էջ 52
... asked Mr O'Hara what his nationality was , he would promptly reply " European " ; but Europe has never seen him , much less the Emerald Isle . The accent with which he and his speak is not a brogue , but what men call in the East " chee ...
... asked Mr O'Hara what his nationality was , he would promptly reply " European " ; but Europe has never seen him , much less the Emerald Isle . The accent with which he and his speak is not a brogue , but what men call in the East " chee ...
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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.