Tait's Edinburgh magazine, Volume 241857 |
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... appearance even of an ordinary coffee shop . They appreciate their capabilities , perhaps , too low - a most un- common crime ... appeared to be a dangerous place for an accident . The admission was threepence to A sixpence . The " moral ...
... appearance even of an ordinary coffee shop . They appreciate their capabilities , perhaps , too low - a most un- common crime ... appeared to be a dangerous place for an accident . The admission was threepence to A sixpence . The " moral ...
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... appeared my companion had not fared so well , for the overthrow had sprained his ancle , and he was unable to move without assistance . " We must take him between us down to Hot- tentot - fig's Hollow , " said Timpson . But that was ...
... appeared my companion had not fared so well , for the overthrow had sprained his ancle , and he was unable to move without assistance . " We must take him between us down to Hot- tentot - fig's Hollow , " said Timpson . But that was ...
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... appeared to discover the omission , and I took care not to suggest it , and in a few hours the soft eyes were again lit with smiles , and the lovers were sauntering happily beneath the orange trees . The following day a large coursing ...
... appeared to discover the omission , and I took care not to suggest it , and in a few hours the soft eyes were again lit with smiles , and the lovers were sauntering happily beneath the orange trees . The following day a large coursing ...
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... appeared to me not in the least degree strange was the unanimity with which all of these would assure me separately that his particu- lar stay was at first intended not to exceed a day or two ; yet weeks and months and years have rolled ...
... appeared to me not in the least degree strange was the unanimity with which all of these would assure me separately that his particu- lar stay was at first intended not to exceed a day or two ; yet weeks and months and years have rolled ...
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... appeared that the Doctor had , and he read from them that in Mr. A. B. E. Cochrane's opinion , no harm could possibly come from reading . the Bible , and if any young ladies could be found willing to teach the children , they were , in ...
... appeared that the Doctor had , and he read from them that in Mr. A. B. E. Cochrane's opinion , no harm could possibly come from reading . the Bible , and if any young ladies could be found willing to teach the children , they were , in ...
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Page 99 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee ; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge ; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God ; where thou diest I will die, and there will I be buried ; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 141 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Page 335 - Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.
Page 17 - WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight; Ere the evening lamps...
Page 99 - And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
Page 459 - Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to stray upon the line and get in the way of the engine ; would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance ? "
Page 273 - But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh, God!
Page 207 - The Karens are a meek, peaceful race, simple and credulous, with many of the softer virtues, and few flagrant vices. Though greatly addicted to drunkenness, extremely filthy and indolent in their habits, their morals, in other respects, are superior to many more civilized races.
Page 427 - I was in education, and made up my mind that he should not labour under the same defect, but that I would put him to a good school, and give him a liberal training. I was, however, a poor man; and how do you think I managed ? I betook myself to mending my neighbours...
Page 20 - It is the same ! — for, be it joy or sorrow, The path of its departure still is free ; Man's yesterday may ne'er be like his morrow ; Nought may endure but Mutability.