Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 83William Blackwood, 1858 - England |
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Page 7
... eyes - oh ! what an ex- pression in the eyes ! never to be forgotten by those who have once seen it all the vitality of the body seems centred there , in feverish brightness ; the pupil is dilated , and the eye is fixed in a wild stare ...
... eyes - oh ! what an ex- pression in the eyes ! never to be forgotten by those who have once seen it all the vitality of the body seems centred there , in feverish brightness ; the pupil is dilated , and the eye is fixed in a wild stare ...
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... of their dead children . But let us avert our eyes from such scenes , and turn them on that of the eight colliers , who were shut up in a pit for one hundred and thirty - six hours . * The first day they 1858. ] 9 Hunger and Thirst .
... of their dead children . But let us avert our eyes from such scenes , and turn them on that of the eight colliers , who were shut up in a pit for one hundred and thirty - six hours . * The first day they 1858. ] 9 Hunger and Thirst .
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... eyes flash fire , the breathing becomes difficult , a feverish excitement , often passing into delirium , comes on . Sleep is fit- ful , and distressed by dreams like those of Tantalus . The men ship- wrecked in the " Medusa " dreamt ...
... eyes flash fire , the breathing becomes difficult , a feverish excitement , often passing into delirium , comes on . Sleep is fit- ful , and distressed by dreams like those of Tantalus . The men ship- wrecked in the " Medusa " dreamt ...
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... eyes , that their cajoleries were unsuccessful . He approached , and hissed into her ear— " Don't madden me don't ... eye - the spark of calm light in its tender blue - blue , pure as the sky ; light , steadfast as the star . " Leave her ...
... eyes , that their cajoleries were unsuccessful . He approached , and hissed into her ear— " Don't madden me don't ... eye - the spark of calm light in its tender blue - blue , pure as the sky ; light , steadfast as the star . " Leave her ...
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... eyes , there's a beauty ! " cries the clown . The days have already grown some- what shorter : but it is not yet dusk . How charmingly pretty she still is , despite that horrid paint ; but how wasted those poor bare snowy arms ! A most ...
... eyes , there's a beauty ! " cries the clown . The days have already grown some- what shorter : but it is not yet dusk . How charmingly pretty she still is , despite that horrid paint ; but how wasted those poor bare snowy arms ! A most ...
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