Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Том 75William Blackwood, 1854 |
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... poor wretches to mutiny , by which they perhaps obtain a small payment on account ; but often it is found more convenient to disband them , and raise a new regiment . Promotion in Persia is obtained neither by merit nor by military ...
... poor wretches to mutiny , by which they perhaps obtain a small payment on account ; but often it is found more convenient to disband them , and raise a new regiment . Promotion in Persia is obtained neither by merit nor by military ...
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... poor little copper kettle rang upon the grate - the poker assaulted the startled fire - the very chain quaked and trembled , hanging from the old- fashioned crook far back in the abyss of the chimney . Very conspicuous in this state of ...
... poor little copper kettle rang upon the grate - the poker assaulted the startled fire - the very chain quaked and trembled , hanging from the old- fashioned crook far back in the abyss of the chimney . Very conspicuous in this state of ...
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... poor young printer's heart . the heart remains a very good heart , my dear Menie - vain , perhaps , and a little fickle and wavering , not quite knowing its own mind , but a very simple kindly heart in the main , and sure to come back ...
... poor young printer's heart . the heart remains a very good heart , my dear Menie - vain , perhaps , and a little fickle and wavering , not quite knowing its own mind , but a very simple kindly heart in the main , and sure to come back ...
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... poor friends ; but still a consi- derate lad would mind that there's mony a little thing might be useful at Kirklands . I'll open the box and see . " The mother rose to thrust her away angrily . " Is it what he sends I'm heeding about ...
... poor friends ; but still a consi- derate lad would mind that there's mony a little thing might be useful at Kirklands . I'll open the box and see . " The mother rose to thrust her away angrily . " Is it what he sends I'm heeding about ...
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... poor Jenny's " high shouther " figured with an emphasis and distinctness extremely annoying to the baffled artist , whose pencil ran away with her very often in these same much - commended drawings , and who was sadly puzzled in most ...
... poor Jenny's " high shouther " figured with an emphasis and distinctness extremely annoying to the baffled artist , whose pencil ran away with her very often in these same much - commended drawings , and who was sadly puzzled in most ...
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