Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 134William Blackwood, 1883 - England |
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... known one : no man in his profession was held in greater fear , for no man was acquainted with so many personal and family secrets . A letter signed by him was often quite sufficient to put a stop to a threatened action , or to induce ...
... known one : no man in his profession was held in greater fear , for no man was acquainted with so many personal and family secrets . A letter signed by him was often quite sufficient to put a stop to a threatened action , or to induce ...
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... . They may not be so strong as you suppose . Might it not be as well to make some further inquiries ? It is always an advantage to gain time - our antagonist might die . I have known 1883. ] 23 The Millionaire . - Part IV .
... . They may not be so strong as you suppose . Might it not be as well to make some further inquiries ? It is always an advantage to gain time - our antagonist might die . I have known 1883. ] 23 The Millionaire . - Part IV .
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... known dealer , Moss Jacobs . One or two of his pic- tures had contained such signs of promise that Jacobs felt no hesita- tion in becoming his friend ; and for a long time he was ready to make him advances , which were only too ...
... known dealer , Moss Jacobs . One or two of his pic- tures had contained such signs of promise that Jacobs felt no hesita- tion in becoming his friend ; and for a long time he was ready to make him advances , which were only too ...
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... known London and its ways a little better , she would perhaps have been quite as well pleased that she did not . At last she determined to seek the advice of Creek ; and the once - favoured pro- tégé of Moss Jacobs was overjoyed to ...
... known London and its ways a little better , she would perhaps have been quite as well pleased that she did not . At last she determined to seek the advice of Creek ; and the once - favoured pro- tégé of Moss Jacobs was overjoyed to ...
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... known beauty is disclosed to him as Clarice , sister of the Count of Gascony , and hears in return that she sees before her the descendant of Constantine , the son of Aymon , Count of Claremont . " Who has not heard of your ancestors ...
... known beauty is disclosed to him as Clarice , sister of the Count of Gascony , and hears in return that she sees before her the descendant of Constantine , the son of Aymon , Count of Claremont . " Who has not heard of your ancestors ...
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Page 27 - For from the rising of the sun even to the going down...
Page 220 - The tiny cell is forlorn, Void of the little living will That made it stir on the shore. Did he stand at the diamond door Of his house in a rainbow frill? Did he push, when he was uncurl'd, A golden foot or a fairy horn Thro...
Page 597 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord, against the mighty.
Page 246 - My master at first laughed at me ; but, when I explained my meaning to him, he encouraged me to go on : and that I might make fair copies in the day-time of what I had done in the night, he often worked for me himself. I shall always have a respect for the memory of that man.
Page 726 - That the offences mentioned in the said report were of a trivial, unimportant, and limited character: and (d.) That in all other respects the election was free from any corrupt or illegal practice on the part of such candidate and of his agents...
Page 721 - ... (7.) If any candidate or election agent knowingly makes the declaration required by this section falsely, he shall be guilty of an offence, and on conviction thereof on indictment shall be liable to the punishment for wilful and corrupt perjury; such offence shall also be deemed to be a corrupt practice within the meaning of this Act.
Page 140 - President of the Board of Trade and a member of the Cabinet...
Page 721 - ... on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the said nomination or election.
Page 723 - ... corruptly influencing that person or any other person to give or refrain from giving his vote at the election, or on account of such person or any other person having voted or refrained from voting, or being about to vote or refrain from voting at such election, shall be guilty of treating.
Page 579 - Nothing impossible was ever introduced, nor even anything which, from outward circumstances, would seem to be violently improbable. I myself was, of course, my own hero. Such is a necessity of castle-building. But I never became a king, or a duke— much less, when my height and personal appearance were fixed, could I be an Antinous, or six feet high.