Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 142William Blackwood, 1887 - England |
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... treaty : even old Janet's quavering voice joined in . To hear the girl defying a gentleman , the Captain's Colonel , a grand soldier officer , took away the old woman's breath . " You left her to die , " cried Joyce 1887. ] 23 Joyce .
... treaty : even old Janet's quavering voice joined in . To hear the girl defying a gentleman , the Captain's Colonel , a grand soldier officer , took away the old woman's breath . " You left her to die , " cried Joyce 1887. ] 23 Joyce .
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... officer was not long in executing his mission , and the time had scarcely begun to hang heavily on Ma's hands when Mrs Ma ... officers of the court , and answered his glance of recognition with the kind of look that a house - dog gives a ...
... officer was not long in executing his mission , and the time had scarcely begun to hang heavily on Ma's hands when Mrs Ma ... officers of the court , and answered his glance of recognition with the kind of look that a house - dog gives a ...
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... officer , he added , " Send in the four suitors in this case . " As the young men entered , all eyes were turned towards them , and certainly a sorrier quartet it would be difficult to find anywhere . Their natural failings fully justi ...
... officer , he added , " Send in the four suitors in this case . " As the young men entered , all eyes were turned towards them , and certainly a sorrier quartet it would be difficult to find anywhere . Their natural failings fully justi ...
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... officers , including the Duke of Wellington , scarcely sufficed to defeat the proposal . E 2. towards them pretty nearly as a chief of the staff stands towards an army in the field . It did not follow then , any more than it follows now ...
... officers , including the Duke of Wellington , scarcely sufficed to defeat the proposal . E 2. towards them pretty nearly as a chief of the staff stands towards an army in the field . It did not follow then , any more than it follows now ...
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... officers . The commis- sions of these gentlemen were signed by the lords - lieutenant of the counties which ... officer who under- stood the objects for which the Ordnance Office existed , and the means by which they might most easily be ...
... officers . The commis- sions of these gentlemen were signed by the lords - lieutenant of the counties which ... officer who under- stood the objects for which the Ordnance Office existed , and the means by which they might most easily be ...
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