Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 224W. Blackwood, 1928 - England |
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Page 15
... means of refined torture these tent - sacks are admirable . They are so designed that the two victims sit inside facing one another , and supporting the fabric with their heads . A few minutes of partial suffocation follow until at ...
... means of refined torture these tent - sacks are admirable . They are so designed that the two victims sit inside facing one another , and supporting the fabric with their heads . A few minutes of partial suffocation follow until at ...
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... means unusual , and in my own case I have on previous occasions once or twice experi- enced this in a very mild form : in each instance after facing a steep snow or ice slope for a considerable time I have seen a clump of blue gentians ...
... means unusual , and in my own case I have on previous occasions once or twice experi- enced this in a very mild form : in each instance after facing a steep snow or ice slope for a considerable time I have seen a clump of blue gentians ...
Page 46
... means or foul . The Earl died , and an intimation came that no money would be forth- coming should she stay in France . Blakhal , always at his best in a battle of wits , turned the tables on Mr Forbes ; but he could not induce Lady ...
... means or foul . The Earl died , and an intimation came that no money would be forth- coming should she stay in France . Blakhal , always at his best in a battle of wits , turned the tables on Mr Forbes ; but he could not induce Lady ...
Page 47
... means was disabling . Affairs moved slowly at court , and nothing was done without gold . He had but fifty crowns , his ' gages " from the counsellor . These imposed a rigid time limit , if nothing worse . 66 He represented that the ...
... means was disabling . Affairs moved slowly at court , and nothing was done without gold . He had but fifty crowns , his ' gages " from the counsellor . These imposed a rigid time limit , if nothing worse . 66 He represented that the ...
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... means simple - minded . The vague some other day may have struck him as ominous , or served to remind him that his first audience might well be the last where there were so many competing interests . At all events he very deftly led the ...
... means simple - minded . The vague some other day may have struck him as ominous , or served to remind him that his first audience might well be the last where there were so many competing interests . At all events he very deftly led the ...
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Page 845 - Don Quixote, Gil Bias, and Robinson Crusoe came out, a glorious host, to keep me company. They kept alive my fancy, and my hope of something beyond that place and time — they, and the Arabian Nights, and the Tales of the Genii — and did me no harm ; for, whatever harm was in some of them, was not there for me ; I knew nothing of it.