Blackwood's Magazine, Volumen 222William Blackwood, 1927 |
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... looked from one to the other . Chatsworth , with his face alert and his ears all ready to receive important news in ... look at the wreck . The Molinero was break- ing up , but the sea was calm and a deep blue , whilst the sun was ...
... looked from one to the other . Chatsworth , with his face alert and his ears all ready to receive important news in ... look at the wreck . The Molinero was break- ing up , but the sea was calm and a deep blue , whilst the sun was ...
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... looked on the ground . This silent but eloquent appeal went straight to his heart . moment some one hailed him , some one dressed in white , the manager . " Have those shipwrecked gentlemen arrived yet , Jones ? I have just had word ...
... looked on the ground . This silent but eloquent appeal went straight to his heart . moment some one hailed him , some one dressed in white , the manager . " Have those shipwrecked gentlemen arrived yet , Jones ? I have just had word ...
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... looked down , abashed . In the presence of this un- questioned authority he felt like a guilty child . Meekly he allowed himself to be disarmed . The leaking filter at the soda - water factory had shaken M'William more than he cared to ...
... looked down , abashed . In the presence of this un- questioned authority he felt like a guilty child . Meekly he allowed himself to be disarmed . The leaking filter at the soda - water factory had shaken M'William more than he cared to ...
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... looked again , and even then he had to have another look before he sang the good news through the telephone . Once apprised , Strongbow wasted no time . Sig- nals flickered through space as she called her consorts , and directed by the ...
... looked again , and even then he had to have another look before he sang the good news through the telephone . Once apprised , Strongbow wasted no time . Sig- nals flickered through space as she called her consorts , and directed by the ...
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... look for , and it is impossible that so recent a parallel was not in his mind . Johnstone charged by the side of the ... looked on . They had not for- gotten that under Charles II . and James II . they were , as Fletcher said , " hunted ...
... look for , and it is impossible that so recent a parallel was not in his mind . Johnstone charged by the side of the ... looked on . They had not for- gotten that under Charles II . and James II . they were , as Fletcher said , " hunted ...
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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.