Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Հատոր 130W. Blackwood & Sons, 1881 |
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... once ; " and by the light of a lantern , we got the ponies in , and Walker showed us down to the " drift , " and wished us a hearty good - bye " and look out for the road , for it's precious bad . " And very bad it was , and very dark ...
... once ; " and by the light of a lantern , we got the ponies in , and Walker showed us down to the " drift , " and wished us a hearty good - bye " and look out for the road , for it's precious bad . " And very bad it was , and very dark ...
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... once . " That's Van der Schyff's , " said Murray , as we passed a dark thing on our left ; and he didn't crack his whip for a mile or more . The man had been appointed general of the district by the Boers , and was put- ting up their ...
... once . " That's Van der Schyff's , " said Murray , as we passed a dark thing on our left ; and he didn't crack his whip for a mile or more . The man had been appointed general of the district by the Boers , and was put- ting up their ...
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our dinner , the beef still standing in a pool of stagnant fat , once gravy , and were glad to wash down our first scare with the champagne , getting off to our tents soon after . And that was how we spent our Christmas Eve . Our ...
our dinner , the beef still standing in a pool of stagnant fat , once gravy , and were glad to wash down our first scare with the champagne , getting off to our tents soon after . And that was how we spent our Christmas Eve . Our ...
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... once a great cloud of horse- men , galloping , coming towards us as it seemed . Then they caught sight of the scout on the left , not far away , and changed their course a little , making for him , he gallop- ing for dear life , not ...
... once a great cloud of horse- men , galloping , coming towards us as it seemed . Then they caught sight of the scout on the left , not far away , and changed their course a little , making for him , he gallop- ing for dear life , not ...
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... once after getting so near them , yet I could not afford to lose my men ; and for a bit I had an anxious time of it . About five minutes we waited in suspense . The galloping died out behind us ; no Boer picket showed up from the house ...
... once after getting so near them , yet I could not afford to lose my men ; and for a bit I had an anxious time of it . About five minutes we waited in suspense . The galloping died out behind us ; no Boer picket showed up from the house ...
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Էջ 571 - And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father : and the physicians embalmed Israel. And forty days were fulfilled for him ; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed : and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
Էջ 259 - Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell. O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity: these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what, weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Էջ 361 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno to descry new lands, .Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe; His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Էջ 215 - Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house ; he took all : he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Էջ 149 - The river Rhine, it is well known, Doth wash your city of Cologne ; But tell me, Nymphs ! what power divine Shall henceforth wash the river Rhine ? ON MY JOYFUL DEPARTURE FROM THE SAME CITY.
Էջ 361 - They shall run like mighty men, they shall climb the wall like men of war, and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks ; neither shall one thrust another, they shall walk every one in his path : and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
Էջ 34 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Էջ 396 - NEAVES. A Glance at some of the Principles of Comparative Philology. As illustrated in the Latin and Anglican Forms of Speech. By the Hon. Lord NEAVES. Crown 8vo, 1s. 6d. Songs and Verses, Social and Scientific. By an Old Contributor to 'Maga.
Էջ 234 - The fellows or monks of my time were decent easy men, who supinely enjoyed the gifts of the founder : their days were filled by a series of -uniform employments; the chapel and the hall, the coffee-house and the common room, till they retired, weary and well satisfied, to a long slumber. From the toil of reading, or thinking, or writing, they had absolved their conscience...
Էջ 602 - ... Tis well to be merry and wise, 'Tis well to be honest and true; 'Tis well to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new.