Blackwood's Magazine, Zväzok 222William Blackwood, 1927 |
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the fate of the inhabitants of all nationalities had the coming of the soldiers been delayed for a few weeks . England alone , amongst all nations , by taking the bold step of despatching to China an efficient force , has preserved the ...
the fate of the inhabitants of all nationalities had the coming of the soldiers been delayed for a few weeks . England alone , amongst all nations , by taking the bold step of despatching to China an efficient force , has preserved the ...
Strana 17
... coming : first a blur of light , then broadening and spreading over the opaque waters , which began to take colour and glisten . 66 " Land on our bow , " shouted the skipper . Why , it's Hon- duras , " and looking through his telescope ...
... coming : first a blur of light , then broadening and spreading over the opaque waters , which began to take colour and glisten . 66 " Land on our bow , " shouted the skipper . Why , it's Hon- duras , " and looking through his telescope ...
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... coming , but a hopeless dawn indeed , for far from abating the storm seemed to be increas- ing in intensity . The waves surrounded our now derelict craft like a pack of hungry wolves . Breathless from look- ing into the wind and nearly ...
... coming , but a hopeless dawn indeed , for far from abating the storm seemed to be increas- ing in intensity . The waves surrounded our now derelict craft like a pack of hungry wolves . Breathless from look- ing into the wind and nearly ...
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... coming in . Our messenger from Omoa en- tered the hut . " The trolley's " The trolley's ready , señores , " he announced . " Heaven be praised for this diversion , " I thought . I was rapidly getting cramp in the intestines , for I was ...
... coming in . Our messenger from Omoa en- tered the hut . " The trolley's " The trolley's ready , señores , " he announced . " Heaven be praised for this diversion , " I thought . I was rapidly getting cramp in the intestines , for I was ...
Strana 27
... coming . " " Yes , " admitted Jones , but somewhat puzzled at the defer- ence paid to us . " Bring them along , then . " And the best room was allotted to us . Chatsworth knew the author- ities of this great and hospitable organisation ...
... coming . " " Yes , " admitted Jones , but somewhat puzzled at the defer- ence paid to us . " Bring them along , then . " And the best room was allotted to us . Chatsworth knew the author- ities of this great and hospitable organisation ...
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Strana 152 - Horrible, hairy, human, with paws like hands in prayer, Making his supplication rose Adam-zad the Bear! I looked at the swaying shoulders, at the paunch's swag and swing, And my heart was touched with pity for the monstrous, pleading thing.
Strana 283 - How then shall any man, who has a genius for history equal to the best of the ancients, be able to undertake such a work with spirit and cheerfulness, when he considers that he will be read with pleasure but a very few years, and, in an age or two, shall hardly be understood without an interpreter?
Strana 282 - ... that our language is extremely imperfect ; that its daily ' improvements are by no means in proportion to v its daily corruptions ; that the pretenders to polish and refine it, have chiefly multiplied abuses and absurdities ; and that in many instances it offends against every part of grammar.
Strana 285 - If an academy should be established for the cultivation of our style, which I, who can never wish to see dependence multiplied, hope the spirit of English liberty will hinder or destroy...
Strana 59 - I heard three sensible middle-aged men, when the Scotch were said to be at Stamford, and actually were at Derby, talking of hiring a chaise to go to Caxton (a place in the high-road) to see the Pretender and Highlanders as they passed.
Strana 516 - So sincere and so undisguised, that no mind with a spark of generosity would ever think of hurting him, he lies so open to injury. But so indolent, that if he cannot overcome this habit, all his good qualities will signify nothing at all.
Strana 285 - The great pest of speech is frequency of translation. No book was ever turned from one language into another without imparting something of its native idiom...
Strana 849 - They do not preach that their God will rouse them a little before the nuts work loose.
Strana 60 - The populace, at first, did not interrupt him, conceiving our army to be near the town ; but as soon as they knew that it would not arrive till the evening, they surrounded him in a tumultuous manner, with the intention of taking him prisoner, alive or dead.
Strana 155 - Westminster Hall ; for many people think, if once they have fetched a warrant from a justice, they have given earnest to follow the suit, though otherwise the matter be so mean that the next night's sleep would have bound both parties to the peace, and made them as good friends as ever before.