Blackwood's Magazine, Volumen 222 |
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The bandits at some but our progress was impeded lonely spot in the trackless by the heavy rains and inforests of Mexico would hold numerable coastal rivers which up a train , and , under penalty had to be crossed , riding of instant ...
The bandits at some but our progress was impeded lonely spot in the trackless by the heavy rains and inforests of Mexico would hold numerable coastal rivers which up a train , and , under penalty had to be crossed , riding of instant ...
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9 “ If you go back , I shall “ I'll tell you that when we hold you and Mr Chatsworth reach our destination . Till personally responsible for the then I'm not committing mysale of this cargo of sugar , " he self , ” I laughed . hissed ...
9 “ If you go back , I shall “ I'll tell you that when we hold you and Mr Chatsworth reach our destination . Till personally responsible for the then I'm not committing mysale of this cargo of sugar , " he self , ” I laughed . hissed ...
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moments passed almost of un- endurable anxiety , whilst with muscles nerved to the last pitch we kept our hold on the battered ship , our hold on life itself . To - morrow , perhaps , the sun would be shining .
moments passed almost of un- endurable anxiety , whilst with muscles nerved to the last pitch we kept our hold on the battered ship , our hold on life itself . To - morrow , perhaps , the sun would be shining .
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M'Wil- liam had no idea what it was all about , but he took hold of the situation firmly . Ignor- ing the excited physician , he addressed himself to the Mamur . In a surprisingly short time everything was ready ; the unconscious ...
M'Wil- liam had no idea what it was all about , but he took hold of the situation firmly . Ignor- ing the excited physician , he addressed himself to the Mamur . In a surprisingly short time everything was ready ; the unconscious ...
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Pleasant enough it is till the To see a balloon hauled in ship alters course . Then comes on a windy day reminds one a change . The wind , which has of a groom trying to hold a been humming musically in the plunging horse with a ...
Pleasant enough it is till the To see a balloon hauled in ship alters course . Then comes on a windy day reminds one a change . The wind , which has of a groom trying to hold a been humming musically in the plunging horse with a ...
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Página 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.
Página 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?
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 849 - They do not preach that their God will rouse them a little before the nuts work loose.
Página 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.
Página 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.