Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 207William Blackwood, 1920 - England |
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Page 48
... took his coat and hat and placed him a chair by the fire . " You know perfectly well you like to hear me blethering , and you expect everybody else to like it too . They are not all doting fathers , you know . " " Hoot awa ' , lassie ...
... took his coat and hat and placed him a chair by the fire . " You know perfectly well you like to hear me blethering , and you expect everybody else to like it too . They are not all doting fathers , you know . " " Hoot awa ' , lassie ...
Page 50
... took the shoes to him on Monday morn- ing . He was at his bench in the little old dim room wherein he had plied his cobbling for more than half a century . His greeting was as cordial as man could make it . He paid me florid compliments ...
... took the shoes to him on Monday morn- ing . He was at his bench in the little old dim room wherein he had plied his cobbling for more than half a century . His greeting was as cordial as man could make it . He paid me florid compliments ...
Page 51
... took up the paper , wrapped it round the shoes the shoes again , and handed the parcel back to me . " What - what is it ? " I ex- claimed helplessly . The old man made dramatic passes with his hands . " ' Tis not me , " he said mag ...
... took up the paper , wrapped it round the shoes the shoes again , and handed the parcel back to me . " What - what is it ? " I ex- claimed helplessly . The old man made dramatic passes with his hands . " ' Tis not me , " he said mag ...
Page 74
... took our leave , for we had no desire for the company of Dr Swope and Mr Percy Blaker . When we reached the highway we halted and looked back on the little jewel . Shafts of the westering sun now caught the stone and turned the honey to ...
... took our leave , for we had no desire for the company of Dr Swope and Mr Percy Blaker . When we reached the highway we halted and looked back on the little jewel . Shafts of the westering sun now caught the stone and turned the honey to ...
Page 96
... took the form of the noblest eloquence , the most pleasant wit , and the most pungent sarcasm . With the rabble of the Bar it took the form of little but insult , noise , and vulgarity ; in fact , instead of " putting down " their ...
... took the form of the noblest eloquence , the most pleasant wit , and the most pungent sarcasm . With the rabble of the Bar it took the form of little but insult , noise , and vulgarity ; in fact , instead of " putting down " their ...
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