Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Հատոր 178W. Blackwood & Sons, 1905 |
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... never produced what it did not swallow up . " The following extract gives a picture of a North country farmer's troubles in the end of the eighteenth century : — " My grandfather , after whom I was called " [ Anglice named ] , writes Mr ...
... never produced what it did not swallow up . " The following extract gives a picture of a North country farmer's troubles in the end of the eighteenth century : — " My grandfather , after whom I was called " [ Anglice named ] , writes Mr ...
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... never forgot his Latin . Catullus and Martial , we are told , remained his friends and companions , and the writer remembers that an apt quotation from time to time was used by the gracious host of Scourie - not pedan- tically , but ...
... never forgot his Latin . Catullus and Martial , we are told , remained his friends and companions , and the writer remembers that an apt quotation from time to time was used by the gracious host of Scourie - not pedan- tically , but ...
Էջ 51
... never seen him , though he lives so close by me , but his services I shall not forget , for he has never failed me just when he is wanted most . So another day begins , and with light comes the welcome clatter of the tea - cup . Tea is ...
... never seen him , though he lives so close by me , but his services I shall not forget , for he has never failed me just when he is wanted most . So another day begins , and with light comes the welcome clatter of the tea - cup . Tea is ...
Էջ 53
... never walk anywhere . She never told me so , but her acts spoke for her . To have argued with her would have been about as useful as poulticing a mahogany table - leg for imaginary tooth- ache . I had therefore , very un- willingly , to ...
... never walk anywhere . She never told me so , but her acts spoke for her . To have argued with her would have been about as useful as poulticing a mahogany table - leg for imaginary tooth- ache . I had therefore , very un- willingly , to ...
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... never did breed contempt for them . Mr Phelps I shall always re- member with affection and gratitude . He and his class see all the seamy side of their profession . No social status or military rank for the likes of them . Theirs the ...
... never did breed contempt for them . Mr Phelps I shall always re- member with affection and gratitude . He and his class see all the seamy side of their profession . No social status or military rank for the likes of them . Theirs the ...
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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.