Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 178W. Blackwood & Sons, 1905 - Scotland |
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... took place there that year and in 1832 , and who afterwards settled in England , I should be glad to know you . If not , please excuse me for troubling you to no purpose . I am a very old man , and Severin D. was my best friend.- Yours ...
... took place there that year and in 1832 , and who afterwards settled in England , I should be glad to know you . If not , please excuse me for troubling you to no purpose . I am a very old man , and Severin D. was my best friend.- Yours ...
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... took place about this time . As he was reading aloud the telegrams of the Sha - ho battle , and had come to one which set the Russian losses at 50,000 men : " Jesu Maria ! " his niece exclaimed , and then suddenly remembering herself ...
... took place about this time . As he was reading aloud the telegrams of the Sha - ho battle , and had come to one which set the Russian losses at 50,000 men : " Jesu Maria ! " his niece exclaimed , and then suddenly remembering herself ...
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... took leave of us , his eyes were red . Though the man had lived forty years in rebellion against the fundamental dogma of his Church , Father Venceslaus had surely not dealt with him very severely . A priest does not cease to be a Pole ...
... took leave of us , his eyes were red . Though the man had lived forty years in rebellion against the fundamental dogma of his Church , Father Venceslaus had surely not dealt with him very severely . A priest does not cease to be a Pole ...
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... took it . I suppose it would be pathetic if I sent her word that I had forgiven her . But I haven't . " And so the tale is brought to an end . There is not a respectable character in it who is allowed to have the least influence or ...
... took it . I suppose it would be pathetic if I sent her word that I had forgiven her . But I haven't . " And so the tale is brought to an end . There is not a respectable character in it who is allowed to have the least influence or ...
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... took place under the rule of an English nobleman who married the heiress of the ancient Earls of Sutherland- there cannot be two opinions as to the wisdom of the des- potism exercised in West Sutherland by Evander Maciver and the late ...
... took place under the rule of an English nobleman who married the heiress of the ancient Earls of Sutherland- there cannot be two opinions as to the wisdom of the des- potism exercised in West Sutherland by Evander Maciver and the late ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 509 - And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But now begins...
Page 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.
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Page 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...
Page 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!
Page 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.