Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Հատոր 178 |
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This desire of his would often flash out on occasions when it was least expected ; as when , for instance , on my coming home from school with a black eye one day , he checked my English mother's lamentations ( who was not by any means ...
This desire of his would often flash out on occasions when it was least expected ; as when , for instance , on my coming home from school with a black eye one day , he checked my English mother's lamentations ( who was not by any means ...
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But as soon as he seemed to be coming to himself again , and when he settled in these lodgings which he has never left since , I realised what an awful change had come over him . All his hopes , even the hope of revenge , were dead .
But as soon as he seemed to be coming to himself again , and when he settled in these lodgings which he has never left since , I realised what an awful change had come over him . All his hopes , even the hope of revenge , were dead .
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... weighing the prob- ability of contradictory tele- grams , choosing between vari- ous forecasts of the coming campaign , inveighing against the slowness with which the ice broke up , and studying all Kuropatkin's achievements in his ...
... weighing the prob- ability of contradictory tele- grams , choosing between vari- ous forecasts of the coming campaign , inveighing against the slowness with which the ice broke up , and studying all Kuropatkin's achievements in his ...
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Oh , it was a long time coming , but no matter ; twenty millions of Poles will welcome it as I do . Banzai ! Daï Nippon Banzaï ! " he shouted , boy - like , whilst tears of ecstasy filled his eyes . " They cannot stand after this blow ...
Oh , it was a long time coming , but no matter ; twenty millions of Poles will welcome it as I do . Banzai ! Daï Nippon Banzaï ! " he shouted , boy - like , whilst tears of ecstasy filled his eyes . " They cannot stand after this blow ...
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The impression I formed of Mr Gladstone was that he was too impetuous in coming to conclusions , too easily impressed by what he heard , and he did not appear to me to be a man of that strong judgment and common - sense necessary for ...
The impression I formed of Mr Gladstone was that he was too impetuous in coming to conclusions , too easily impressed by what he heard , and he did not appear to me to be a man of that strong judgment and common - sense necessary for ...
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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...
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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.
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