Blackwood's Magazine, Bind 222William Blackwood, 1927 |
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Side 23
... means convinced of. 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 . Should ...
... means convinced of. 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 . Should ...
Side 25
The Commandante , who was by no means convinced of the We all walked down and veracity of this shipwreck busi- mounted the trolley , Chats- ness , had been trying hard to worth and the supercargo on decide through that guise of the ...
The Commandante , who was by no means convinced of the We all walked down and veracity of this shipwreck busi- mounted the trolley , Chats- ness , had been trying hard to worth and the supercargo on decide through that guise of the ...
Side 31
... their daughters . He was all things to all tourists , and the work of the province went on un- hindered . But his activities were not by any means confined to this social welfare work . Now I don't want to be hard on Parkinson - 1927. ] 31.
... their daughters . He was all things to all tourists , and the work of the province went on un- hindered . But his activities were not by any means confined to this social welfare work . Now I don't want to be hard on Parkinson - 1927. ] 31.
Side 32
... means were as important as the end . An uncomfortable fellow to live with . He made everybody work . He would have had more appreciation of the value of a quiet life if he had not been away from his regiment for so long when he was a ...
... means were as important as the end . An uncomfortable fellow to live with . He made everybody work . He would have had more appreciation of the value of a quiet life if he had not been away from his regiment for so long when he was a ...
Side 51
... means infrequent . One com- mander in particular proved difficult to please , and with poetic injustice was the victim of a regrettable incident . He had insisted , not without dis- cussion , that the very best place for the winch was ...
... means infrequent . One com- mander in particular proved difficult to please , and with poetic injustice was the victim of a regrettable incident . He had insisted , not without dis- cussion , that the very best place for the winch was ...
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Side 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.
Side 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?
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 849 - They do not preach that their God will rouse them a little before the nuts work loose.
Side 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.
Side 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.