Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 83William Blackwood, 1858 - England |
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Page 15
... tell you that in this plight , from half an hour after eleven till two in the morning , I sustained the weight of a heavy man with his knees on my back , and the pressure of his whole body on my head ; a Dutch sergeant who had taken his ...
... tell you that in this plight , from half an hour after eleven till two in the morning , I sustained the weight of a heavy man with his knees on my back , and the pressure of his whole body on my head ; a Dutch sergeant who had taken his ...
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... tell us how Protean is the power of transformation in a man whose genius is mimetic . But how often does it happen to us , venerated readers , not to recognise a man of genius , even when he takes no par- ticular pains to escape ...
... tell us how Protean is the power of transformation in a man whose genius is mimetic . But how often does it happen to us , venerated readers , not to recognise a man of genius , even when he takes no par- ticular pains to escape ...
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... tell of the life of a man of genius , but what there were numerous witnesses who deposed to the fact , that until , perfidious dissembler , he flared up and set the Thames on fire , they had never seen anything in him - an odd creature ...
... tell of the life of a man of genius , but what there were numerous witnesses who deposed to the fact , that until , perfidious dissembler , he flared up and set the Thames on fire , they had never seen anything in him - an odd creature ...
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... tell you the truth , there is a widow whom I suspect I have fascinated , and whose connec- tion I have a particular private reason for deeming desirable ! She has a whelp of a son , who is a spoke in my wheel were I his father - in ...
... tell you the truth , there is a widow whom I suspect I have fascinated , and whose connec- tion I have a particular private reason for deeming desirable ! She has a whelp of a son , who is a spoke in my wheel were I his father - in ...
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... tells it all , brave and spirity , like the player - folk at the show . 66 Romancing ! Yes , half of ' em lies , and ... tell ye the same . Ah ! here he comes . " He had entered at the moment , bringing with him a smell of sea- weed and ...
... tells it all , brave and spirity , like the player - folk at the show . 66 Romancing ! Yes , half of ' em lies , and ... tell ye the same . Ah ! here he comes . " He had entered at the moment , bringing with him a smell of sea- weed and ...
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