Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 178W. Blackwood & Sons, 1905 - Scotland |
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... tion of Poles , " he added , with an obvious allusion to the new and very unpopular party of the " Ugodisci , " who , were it not for their high social posi- tion and their riches , might scarcely be called a party at all . " You forget ...
... tion of Poles , " he added , with an obvious allusion to the new and very unpopular party of the " Ugodisci , " who , were it not for their high social posi- tion and their riches , might scarcely be called a party at all . " You forget ...
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... tion , or at least inflict a speedy and dreadful chastisement on her oppressors , - above all , upon the worst of them . was So , when the piteously tragi- cal insurrection of 1863 broke out , strong in his deep convic- tion that the ...
... tion , or at least inflict a speedy and dreadful chastisement on her oppressors , - above all , upon the worst of them . was So , when the piteously tragi- cal insurrection of 1863 broke out , strong in his deep convic- tion that the ...
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... tion voluntarily assumed by both parties , we might instance ' The Heavenly Twins , ' first published some years ago by Mrs Sarah Grand . The causes of this abstract hostility , some of them mentionable and others unmentionable , are ...
... tion voluntarily assumed by both parties , we might instance ' The Heavenly Twins , ' first published some years ago by Mrs Sarah Grand . The causes of this abstract hostility , some of them mentionable and others unmentionable , are ...
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... tion : they are only painted to be looked at ; and offence by the painter who represents things falsely - who attempts to depict what he has never studied is as direct to the eye and intelligence as that offered to the ear and temper by ...
... tion : they are only painted to be looked at ; and offence by the painter who represents things falsely - who attempts to depict what he has never studied is as direct to the eye and intelligence as that offered to the ear and temper by ...
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... tion which one man may put , and another shirk the obliga- tion to answer . Æsthetically , there seems more to be said for the naked black's cupidity for beads . To the extent and violence of the passion let the following anecdote ...
... tion which one man may put , and another shirk the obliga- tion to answer . Æsthetically , there seems more to be said for the naked black's cupidity for beads . To the extent and violence of the passion let the following anecdote ...
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