Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Том 146W. Blackwood & Sons, 1889 |
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... feet , and horribly freckled . Freck- les run in Scotch families just as gout does in English families . Cyril used to say that of the two he preferred the gout ; but he al- ways set an absurdly high_value on personal appearance , and ...
... feet , and horribly freckled . Freck- les run in Scotch families just as gout does in English families . Cyril used to say that of the two he preferred the gout ; but he al- ways set an absurdly high_value on personal appearance , and ...
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... feet , not caring apparently what par- ticular place they may happen to reach , only fully decided never again to sleep under a roof of their own . The more aristocratic members of this roving community provide themselves with a ...
... feet , not caring apparently what par- ticular place they may happen to reach , only fully decided never again to sleep under a roof of their own . The more aristocratic members of this roving community provide themselves with a ...
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... feet uttering platitudes in a pompous voice , and expecting , nay demand- ing , applause for stale jokes and inevitable puns . are ! Mul . What bores such people Or is it because we envy their facility that we hate them so ? Bel . Is ...
... feet uttering platitudes in a pompous voice , and expecting , nay demand- ing , applause for stale jokes and inevitable puns . are ! Mul . What bores such people Or is it because we envy their facility that we hate them so ? Bel . Is ...
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... feet and measure . One must know , to be sure , how to read and accent it -- but that is learned with so little trouble ; and when one has caught the inflections , the rhythm is beautiful . Besides , its very quaintuess lends it a ...
... feet and measure . One must know , to be sure , how to read and accent it -- but that is learned with so little trouble ; and when one has caught the inflections , the rhythm is beautiful . Besides , its very quaintuess lends it a ...
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5200 feet elevation ) , a neck in the range which separates the districts of the Upper and Lower Lánjún ; and , as the Pul - i - Kála over the Zaindarúd had been carried away by a flood , we put up at Bágh - i- Wágarún , after crossing ...
5200 feet elevation ) , a neck in the range which separates the districts of the Upper and Lower Lánjún ; and , as the Pul - i - Kála over the Zaindarúd had been carried away by a flood , we put up at Bágh - i- Wágarún , after crossing ...
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