Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 83William Blackwood, 1858 - England |
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Page 28
... become a martyr to chronic headache , " My relations are prigs ! Some of them give me the cold shoulder , others - a great deal of jaw . But as for tin , I might as well scrape a flint for it . My uncle Sam is more anxious about my sins ...
... become a martyr to chronic headache , " My relations are prigs ! Some of them give me the cold shoulder , others - a great deal of jaw . But as for tin , I might as well scrape a flint for it . My uncle Sam is more anxious about my sins ...
Page 38
... become " lord of himself , that heri- tage of woe . " This accounts for his friendship with a man so much his senior as the late Charlie . He con- fesses that , in the vortex of dissipa- tion , his hereditary estates have dis- appeared ...
... become " lord of himself , that heri- tage of woe . " This accounts for his friendship with a man so much his senior as the late Charlie . He con- fesses that , in the vortex of dissipa- tion , his hereditary estates have dis- appeared ...
Page 60
... becomes a very subordi- nate matter . Consciously or uncon- sciously , the artist tones down the in- terest of his ... become very lax in their requirements as to a satisfactory or skilful development . Our canon of criticism is here ...
... becomes a very subordi- nate matter . Consciously or uncon- sciously , the artist tones down the in- terest of his ... become very lax in their requirements as to a satisfactory or skilful development . Our canon of criticism is here ...
Page 62
... become the agent of a bankrupt nobleman . It will be seen at once that Anton is one of those heroes who is in some measure sacrificed to the exigencies of the plot . He is as good and consistent as the story permits , and no reasonable ...
... become the agent of a bankrupt nobleman . It will be seen at once that Anton is one of those heroes who is in some measure sacrificed to the exigencies of the plot . He is as good and consistent as the story permits , and no reasonable ...
Page 64
... become , by reading , inti- mately acquainted with the countries whence all these stores came , and with the men by whom they were collected . " The poetical aspect which trade may be made to assume is a favourite topic with our author ...
... become , by reading , inti- mately acquainted with the countries whence all these stores came , and with the men by whom they were collected . " The poetical aspect which trade may be made to assume is a favourite topic with our author ...
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