Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 98W. Blackwood., 1865 - England |
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... lives . " " Are there children ? " said Mr Beverley , with a doubtful air ; for , to tell the truth , he had come to the age at which men think it best to avoid children , unless , indeed , they happen to have a personal interest in ...
... lives . " " Are there children ? " said Mr Beverley , with a doubtful air ; for , to tell the truth , he had come to the age at which men think it best to avoid children , unless , indeed , they happen to have a personal interest in ...
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... live on , for he never seemed to do anything for his sup- port . His dress and belongings be- spoke him as very poor , and there was a degree of humility in his manner that still more indicated narrow fortune . Thus , for instance , he ...
... live on , for he never seemed to do anything for his sup- port . His dress and belongings be- spoke him as very poor , and there was a degree of humility in his manner that still more indicated narrow fortune . Thus , for instance , he ...
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... live . The taste for this sort of know- ledge must unquestionably be on the increase , since a large space in many of our leading newspapers is devoted to a species of gossip in which personality is the point ; and here we have a ...
... live . The taste for this sort of know- ledge must unquestionably be on the increase , since a large space in many of our leading newspapers is devoted to a species of gossip in which personality is the point ; and here we have a ...
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... live in , and seeing the inefficacy of our struggles to comprehend , would come frankly to our aid and teach us " What's What " in the year '65 . There is a strange inconsistency which I recognise in my nature , and which , I have no ...
... live in , and seeing the inefficacy of our struggles to comprehend , would come frankly to our aid and teach us " What's What " in the year '65 . There is a strange inconsistency which I recognise in my nature , and which , I have no ...
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... live in somewhat of estrange- ment from the world . The ordi- nary clash and clatter of mankind must be shunned - the rough and tumble of life must be avoided . From coarse - minded men , hard , stern , 1865. ] 35 and other Things in ...
... live in somewhat of estrange- ment from the world . The ordi- nary clash and clatter of mankind must be shunned - the rough and tumble of life must be avoided . From coarse - minded men , hard , stern , 1865. ] 35 and other Things in ...
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Page 479 - Far, far above, piercing the infinite sky, Mont Blanc appears, - still, snowy and serene Its subject mountains their unearthly forms Pile around it, ice and rock; broad vales between Of frozen floods, unfathomable deeps, Blue as the overhanging heaven, that spread And wind among the accumulated steeps...
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Page 479 - The wilderness has a mysterious tongue Which teaches awful doubt, or faith so mild, So solemn, so serene, that man may be...
Page 488 - My soul turn from them, turn we to survey Where rougher climes a nobler race display, Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread; No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword...
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Page 524 - You loved her too, old fellow. She told me all about it, and there was no friend had a closer place in her heart than you. I don't know how to thank you for all you have done for her. I can't think yet..." Here he suddenly broke down, and threw his arms round my shoulders and laid his head on my breast, crying, "Oh, Jack! Jack! What shall I do? The whole of life seems gone from me all at once, and there is nothing in the wide world for me to live for.