Blackwood's Magazine, Volumen 222William Blackwood, 1927 |
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... Officer of Works as to the employment of mud bricks in the local buildings , left these two gentlemen on the ... officers to attempt to intervene , but M'William had desirable , in fact - but a con- founded nuisance 34 [ July The Butcher ...
... Officer of Works as to the employment of mud bricks in the local buildings , left these two gentlemen on the ... officers to attempt to intervene , but M'William had desirable , in fact - but a con- founded nuisance 34 [ July The Butcher ...
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... Officer . " I hit it , that's all . " carelessly . He turned away 66 " " Parkinson - Smythe frowned . He was not pleased . These butchers are all licensed , of course , Abdulla Effendi ? he asked the Mamur , in a tone which implied " of ...
... Officer . " I hit it , that's all . " carelessly . He turned away 66 " " Parkinson - Smythe frowned . He was not pleased . These butchers are all licensed , of course , Abdulla Effendi ? he asked the Mamur , in a tone which implied " of ...
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... officers were all right , their weaknesses were common know- ledge , but with a Bimbashi you never could tell . To register butchers - yes , that was good , the registration would be in his gift and might be useful , but dogs . As a ...
... officers were all right , their weaknesses were common know- ledge , but with a Bimbashi you never could tell . To register butchers - yes , that was good , the registration would be in his gift and might be useful , but dogs . As a ...
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... officers were sick ; mules for transport were not available ; or a serious case demanded his immediate care , and it became apparent that the effort neces- sary to overcome this suspicious inertia would soon outweigh the desirability of ...
... officers were sick ; mules for transport were not available ; or a serious case demanded his immediate care , and it became apparent that the effort neces- sary to overcome this suspicious inertia would soon outweigh the desirability of ...
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... officer . Lieutenant Aziz was puzzled . He was newly come from the fraternal atmosphere of the American Medical College at Beyrout , and the unsympathetic attitude of his senior officers alarmed him . This horseman was clearly a British ...
... officer . Lieutenant Aziz was puzzled . He was newly come from the fraternal atmosphere of the American Medical College at Beyrout , and the unsympathetic attitude of his senior officers alarmed him . This horseman was clearly a British ...
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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?
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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.
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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.