Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 186W. Blackwood, 1909 - England |
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... better than if he babbled about preposter- ous immensities . He is our defence against that stupendous bore , the Superman , who seems to have captured the fancy of the intellectually half - baked . One of the pleasantest forms of ...
... better than if he babbled about preposter- ous immensities . He is our defence against that stupendous bore , the Superman , who seems to have captured the fancy of the intellectually half - baked . One of the pleasantest forms of ...
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... better fellow than Omar , but different eternally different . the wit of man to guess why he should have dis- covered both Omar and Fitz- Gerald and insisted on acting as their showman . The scholar and aristocrat has nothing in common ...
... better fellow than Omar , but different eternally different . the wit of man to guess why he should have dis- covered both Omar and Fitz- Gerald and insisted on acting as their showman . The scholar and aristocrat has nothing in common ...
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... better companion . A critical gift so free from pre- ciosity is not so common in these days that we can pass it lightly over . But in an evil hour for Mr Birrell's reputa- tion the whirligig of politics brought him into office . At ...
... better companion . A critical gift so free from pre- ciosity is not so common in these days that we can pass it lightly over . But in an evil hour for Mr Birrell's reputa- tion the whirligig of politics brought him into office . At ...
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... better . Like a true aris- tocracy they are a spending class , hazarding themselves and their fortunes in a cheerful gamble with life . If they lack certain obvious refinements , they have their share in the more masculine virtues of ...
... better . Like a true aris- tocracy they are a spending class , hazarding themselves and their fortunes in a cheerful gamble with life . If they lack certain obvious refinements , they have their share in the more masculine virtues of ...
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... better . That the Umbeyla cam- paign did not end in disaster was due to the pluck and discipline of our soldiers - British , Pathan , Sikh , they had in their officers , and the in- and Goorkha , -the loyal confidence spiring energy of ...
... better . That the Umbeyla cam- paign did not end in disaster was due to the pluck and discipline of our soldiers - British , Pathan , Sikh , they had in their officers , and the in- and Goorkha , -the loyal confidence spiring energy of ...
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