Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Հատոր 167J. Mason., 1900 |
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... fact . The next few days are spent in burning miles of villages ; in impounding flocks of cattle ; in writing the anger of the Government plainly on the place , so that even an illiterate people may read it clearly . Meanwhile the ...
... fact . The next few days are spent in burning miles of villages ; in impounding flocks of cattle ; in writing the anger of the Government plainly on the place , so that even an illiterate people may read it clearly . Meanwhile the ...
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... fact I believe the old gentleman of fifty - six was just as active as the young man of twenty - two when he first came into Paris on a fine June The day was morning in 1837 . perfection - hot , clear , bright , and sunny . It is a most ...
... fact I believe the old gentleman of fifty - six was just as active as the young man of twenty - two when he first came into Paris on a fine June The day was morning in 1837 . perfection - hot , clear , bright , and sunny . It is a most ...
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... fact that when But he was intolerant of op- position , and of this I may mention a curious example . I have already related how I was present at the fire of the Houses of Parliament in 1834 . Many years later I was dining at the Temple ...
... fact that when But he was intolerant of op- position , and of this I may mention a curious example . I have already related how I was present at the fire of the Houses of Parliament in 1834 . Many years later I was dining at the Temple ...
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... fact that the cold seems to be intensified by motion , in just the same way as moving one's hand about in warm water seems to increase the heat . But before I have gone many yards it strikes me that I had better pull my fur cap over my ...
... fact that the cold seems to be intensified by motion , in just the same way as moving one's hand about in warm water seems to increase the heat . But before I have gone many yards it strikes me that I had better pull my fur cap over my ...
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... fact , it takes an Englishman longer to get acclimatised to the heat indoors than to the op- posite extreme outside . But still , after a year or two he will not find 70 ° excessive , for one consumes carbon very quickly in the open air ...
... fact , it takes an Englishman longer to get acclimatised to the heat indoors than to the op- posite extreme outside . But still , after a year or two he will not find 70 ° excessive , for one consumes carbon very quickly in the open air ...
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