Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 221W. Blackwood, 1927 - England |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 12
I asked him again who he was and how he'd come by his English , and after a bit he went right ahead and told me his trouble . I can't remember his words , of course , but if you'll believe me , he talked better English than I do myself ...
I asked him again who he was and how he'd come by his English , and after a bit he went right ahead and told me his trouble . I can't remember his words , of course , but if you'll believe me , he talked better English than I do myself ...
Page 23
... the Captain of a neutral vessel which was permitted to carry mer- chandise of a certain kind between England and France by an international understand- ing , came to see me on the eve of his starting for Granville , and asked me if ...
... the Captain of a neutral vessel which was permitted to carry mer- chandise of a certain kind between England and France by an international understand- ing , came to see me on the eve of his starting for Granville , and asked me if ...
Page 25
On our road we met a man , and asked him to direct us . He informed us that we were in the right course , and then asked us if we were deserters . We replied in the affirmative , and he promised to assist us , saying that he thought he ...
On our road we met a man , and asked him to direct us . He informed us that we were in the right course , and then asked us if we were deserters . We replied in the affirmative , and he promised to assist us , saying that he thought he ...
Page 33
Towards the conclusion of our journey I suffered acutely on one occasion from exhaus- tion , and implored the gen- darmes to let me sit down for a few minutes . They per- emptorily refused . I then asked to be allowed to get something ...
Towards the conclusion of our journey I suffered acutely on one occasion from exhaus- tion , and implored the gen- darmes to let me sit down for a few minutes . They per- emptorily refused . I then asked to be allowed to get something ...
Page 40
At the termination of these I felt dry and parched , and asked for a glass of water . I was refused somewhat abruptly , and the General turned to the gendarme , directing him in almost the same tone of voice to take me to his ...
At the termination of these I felt dry and parched , and asked for a glass of water . I was refused somewhat abruptly , and the General turned to the gendarme , directing him in almost the same tone of voice to take me to his ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
able appeared arms arrived asked bank began better boat bridge brought called Captain carried clear close coming course early England English eyes face fact feet fire fish five followed force four French gave give Government half hand head heard hope hour hundred interest island keep kind knew known land later leave less light lived looked matter means ment miles mind months morning move never night officers once party passed perhaps position present reached replied rest river round seemed seen sent ship showed side soon stand sure taken tell thing thought tion told took turned village whole Wolverston yards young
Popular passages
Page 400 - gaped and gazed upon her with open mouth: if she laughed upon him, he laughed also ; but if she took any displeasure at him, the king was fain to flatter, that she might be reconciled to him again. O! ye men, how can it be but women should be strong, seeing they do thus.
Page 686 - there is no nature, for there is no truth ; there is no art, for there is nothing new. Its form is that of a pastoral, easy, vulgar, and therefore disgusting : whatever images it can supply are long ago
Page 681 - is a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom the excise is paid.'
Page 682 - : " an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a State hireling for treason to his country.
Page 679 - will here find no regions cursed with irremediable barrenness or blest with spontaneous fecundity, no perpetual gloom or unceasing sunshine; nor are the nations here described either devoid of all sense of humanity or consummate in all private or social virtues.
Page 683 - had a notion not very peculiar that he could not write but at certain times or at happy moments ; a fantastick foppery, to which my kindness for a man of learning and of virtue wishes him to have been superior.
Page 679 - To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infamous history. The Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name than Herodias with one. And who had not rather have been the good thief than Pilate ? But the
Page 685 - writes from personal knowledge, and makes haste to gratify the public curiosity, there is danger lest his interest, his fear, his gratitude, or his tenderness, overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal if not to invent.
Page 578 - has long lain halfhidden amidst its poverty and squalor, and is now issuing from its hiding-place to assert an Englishman's heaven-born privilege of doing as he likes, meeting where he likes, bawling what he likes, breaking what he likes.
Page 570 - The Soviet Government undertakes not to support with funds or in any other form persons or bodies or agencies or institutions whose aim is to spread discontent or to foment rebellion in any part of the British Empire, and to impress upon its officers and officials the full and continuous observance of these conditions.