Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Том 178W. Blackwood & Sons, 1905 |
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... never produced what it did not swallow up . " The following extract gives a picture of a North country farmer's troubles in the end of the eighteenth century : — " My grandfather , after whom I was called " [ Anglice named ] , writes Mr ...
... never produced what it did not swallow up . " The following extract gives a picture of a North country farmer's troubles in the end of the eighteenth century : — " My grandfather , after whom I was called " [ Anglice named ] , writes Mr ...
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... never forgot his Latin . Catullus and Martial , we are told , remained his friends and companions , and the writer remembers that an apt quotation from time to time was used by the gracious host of Scourie - not pedan- tically , but ...
... never forgot his Latin . Catullus and Martial , we are told , remained his friends and companions , and the writer remembers that an apt quotation from time to time was used by the gracious host of Scourie - not pedan- tically , but ...
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... never seen him , though he lives so close by me , but his services I shall not forget , for he has never failed me just when he is wanted most . So another day begins , and with light comes the welcome clatter of the tea - cup . Tea is ...
... never seen him , though he lives so close by me , but his services I shall not forget , for he has never failed me just when he is wanted most . So another day begins , and with light comes the welcome clatter of the tea - cup . Tea is ...
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... never walk anywhere . She never told me so , but her acts spoke for her . To have argued with her would have been about as useful as poulticing a mahogany table - leg for imaginary tooth- ache . I had therefore , very un- willingly , to ...
... never walk anywhere . She never told me so , but her acts spoke for her . To have argued with her would have been about as useful as poulticing a mahogany table - leg for imaginary tooth- ache . I had therefore , very un- willingly , to ...
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... never did breed contempt for them . Mr Phelps I shall always re- member with affection and gratitude . He and his class see all the seamy side of their profession . No social status or military rank for the likes of them . Theirs the ...
... never did breed contempt for them . Mr Phelps I shall always re- member with affection and gratitude . He and his class see all the seamy side of their profession . No social status or military rank for the likes of them . Theirs the ...
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