Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 178W. Blackwood & Sons, 1905 - Scotland |
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It had been , I knew , his proudest boast that he was one of the band of students who stormed the Warsaw Arsenal , and searched the Palace to seize the Grand Duke Constantine ; and I could not doubt that my father and the Severin D- ...
It had been , I knew , his proudest boast that he was one of the band of students who stormed the Warsaw Arsenal , and searched the Palace to seize the Grand Duke Constantine ; and I could not doubt that my father and the Severin D- ...
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Since the end of the insurrection he has never once set foot inside a church - he who was the devoutest man I ever knew ! Yet he is very good to the poor , and kind to me in his sad , quiet way . And I pray for him continually - novenas ...
Since the end of the insurrection he has never once set foot inside a church - he who was the devoutest man I ever knew ! Yet he is very good to the poor , and kind to me in his sad , quiet way . And I pray for him continually - novenas ...
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He knew by the movements of the troops that a great , probably a decisive , conflict was close at hand ; he knew that one side or the other might , and very likely would , be totally defeated ; and he felt like a gambler about to win ...
He knew by the movements of the troops that a great , probably a decisive , conflict was close at hand ; he knew that one side or the other might , and very likely would , be totally defeated ; and he felt like a gambler about to win ...
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Modern usage may be held to sanction the use of this word to signify the illumination of arms ; but Dr Johnson knew better than so to interpret it , for he cited Addison for the primary meaning of the verb being " to explain in proper ...
Modern usage may be held to sanction the use of this word to signify the illumination of arms ; but Dr Johnson knew better than so to interpret it , for he cited Addison for the primary meaning of the verb being " to explain in proper ...
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Those who knew him , and those who read his Memoirs , will recognise that , though he was full of patriotism , there was never any trace of sentimentality about him . He helped a boy to become an excise officer at home or the chief of ...
Those who knew him , and those who read his Memoirs , will recognise that , though he was full of patriotism , there was never any trace of sentimentality about him . He helped a boy to become an excise officer at home or the chief of ...
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Page 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.
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