Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Հատոր 178 |
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... and tried to put him off with vague talk about his feel- ing better presently ; but he cut him short , saying , ' Doctor , have the goodness to tell the plain truth to a man who has been wishing for death ever since '63 .
... and tried to put him off with vague talk about his feel- ing better presently ; but he cut him short , saying , ' Doctor , have the goodness to tell the plain truth to a man who has been wishing for death ever since '63 .
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... his appetite was better ; he now was able to rise from his bed for part of the day , and already talked of hiring a chair on wheels to enjoy the fresh air and sunshine in the public gardens when the spring came .
... his appetite was better ; he now was able to rise from his bed for part of the day , and already talked of hiring a chair on wheels to enjoy the fresh air and sunshine in the public gardens when the spring came .
Էջ 41
Modern usage may be held to sanction the use of this word to signify the illumination of arms ; but Dr Johnson knew better than so to interpret it , for he cited Addison for the primary meaning of the verb being " to explain in proper ...
Modern usage may be held to sanction the use of this word to signify the illumination of arms ; but Dr Johnson knew better than so to interpret it , for he cited Addison for the primary meaning of the verb being " to explain in proper ...
Էջ 49
He helped a boy to become an excise officer at home or the chief of the police in Hong Kong , not so much because he was a Sutherland lad , as because he saw he was capable of better things than tilling a croft or fishing for herring .
He helped a boy to become an excise officer at home or the chief of the police in Hong Kong , not so much because he was a Sutherland lad , as because he saw he was capable of better things than tilling a croft or fishing for herring .
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For , " thought I , " it will be much better in every way for Miss Eileen and Masters Charles and John to walk , even to run , to school or elsewhere than to be in- variably carried wherever they go . " I thereby effected at once a ...
For , " thought I , " it will be much better in every way for Miss Eileen and Masters Charles and John to walk , even to run , to school or elsewhere than to be in- variably carried wherever they go . " I thereby effected at once a ...
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Էջ 410 - 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 365 - 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 41 - 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 511 - And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But now begins...
Էջ 483 - 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 610 - ... 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 94 - 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 148 - 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.