Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 142William Blackwood, 1887 - England |
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Page 50
... look like a fool by try- ing to sing like a nightingale ! " " You ignorant woman ! " replied her husband ; " how dare you ban- dy words with me ! Don't you know that Confucius has laid it down as an imperishable law that a woman before ...
... look like a fool by try- ing to sing like a nightingale ! " " You ignorant woman ! " replied her husband ; " how dare you ban- dy words with me ! Don't you know that Confucius has laid it down as an imperishable law that a woman before ...
Page 51
... look out fitting partners , and make the necessary arrangements without saying anything to your wife about it . Then , when the presents have been sent and the cards exchanged , she will find it as easy to dam up the river with her ...
... look out fitting partners , and make the necessary arrangements without saying anything to your wife about it . Then , when the presents have been sent and the cards exchanged , she will find it as easy to dam up the river with her ...
Page 62
... look after your sister . I will go off at once , and shall send over in the afternoon to inquire how she is . " " C As the door closed on the pre- fect , Convolvulus sobbed out : Oh , how stupid I have been ! But I could not help it ...
... look after your sister . I will go off at once , and shall send over in the afternoon to inquire how she is . " " C As the door closed on the pre- fect , Convolvulus sobbed out : Oh , how stupid I have been ! But I could not help it ...
Page 72
... look at another famous too famous grammar based on so - called philo- sophical principles . In this gram- mar the poor little word it receives a marvellous development . In some sentences it is explained to have a a " backward reference ...
... look at another famous too famous grammar based on so - called philo- sophical principles . In this gram- mar the poor little word it receives a marvellous development . In some sentences it is explained to have a a " backward reference ...
Page 83
... look to no other qualifica- tion than this , and imagine that any certificated teacher can be turned on , like the tap in a conjurer's barrel , to teach any subject which they desire to be taught . Even the ordinary M.A. degree is , by ...
... look to no other qualifica- tion than this , and imagine that any certificated teacher can be turned on , like the tap in a conjurer's barrel , to teach any subject which they desire to be taught . Even the ordinary M.A. degree is , by ...
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