Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 134William Blackwood, 1883 - England |
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... course . But it was instantly repelled . Un- doubtedly there was only one right course for him to pursue , and he was resolved to take it at all hazards . The lawyer , Morgan , had so far recognised the importance of this business that ...
... course . But it was instantly repelled . Un- doubtedly there was only one right course for him to pursue , and he was resolved to take it at all hazards . The lawyer , Morgan , had so far recognised the importance of this business that ...
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... course ? The suspicions which Lady Tresham had once thrown out — were they wholly unfounded ? Her son had thought so at the time , but he did not feel the same degree of certainty on the subject now . And then it appeared that there was ...
... course ? The suspicions which Lady Tresham had once thrown out — were they wholly unfounded ? Her son had thought so at the time , but he did not feel the same degree of certainty on the subject now . And then it appeared that there was ...
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... course , of that strange affair down at the Grange yonder -is it not so ? " " You have heard all about it ? " " Oh yes ; so has everybody else . Recollect , too , that I know the young lady well , and esteem her as highly as you do ...
... course , of that strange affair down at the Grange yonder -is it not so ? " " You have heard all about it ? " " Oh yes ; so has everybody else . Recollect , too , that I know the young lady well , and esteem her as highly as you do ...
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... course the cabman did not know the road , and of course the passer - by of whom I inquired in my best French turned out to be a Cockney . Once arrived , however , I found no diffi- culty in sending up my credentials to M. le Ministre's ...
... course the cabman did not know the road , and of course the passer - by of whom I inquired in my best French turned out to be a Cockney . Once arrived , however , I found no diffi- culty in sending up my credentials to M. le Ministre's ...
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... course allotted them by the re- formers , every captain must have been turned adrift , their places be- ing taken by young subalterns , only just emancipated from the nursery and the bottle . So half the cap- tains were made majors ...
... course allotted them by the re- formers , every captain must have been turned adrift , their places be- ing taken by young subalterns , only just emancipated from the nursery and the bottle . So half the cap- tains were made majors ...
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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.