Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 186W. Blackwood, 1909 - England |
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Page 44
... less common , I think , in India than they are at home , and this no doubt arises from the fact that there is much less public speaking . The danger of being betrayed into one of these slips is , of course , greater when a speaker is ...
... less common , I think , in India than they are at home , and this no doubt arises from the fact that there is much less public speaking . The danger of being betrayed into one of these slips is , of course , greater when a speaker is ...
Page 54
... less pestilent foreigner than the Hollander . The Charles II . and the James were hired and brought to Corunna . As usual the Span- ish Government was short of money , and no funds could be found to pay wages and ad- vances . The ships ...
... less pestilent foreigner than the Hollander . The Charles II . and the James were hired and brought to Corunna . As usual the Span- ish Government was short of money , and no funds could be found to pay wages and ad- vances . The ships ...
Page 57
... less than a sense of duty , should make them find a true bill , leave the impression that the Court was by no means sure of getting a verdict . There had been so much lawless- ness on the sea , and to a care- less thinker there was so ...
... less than a sense of duty , should make them find a true bill , leave the impression that the Court was by no means sure of getting a verdict . There had been so much lawless- ness on the sea , and to a care- less thinker there was so ...
Page 66
... less dizzy and more collected each minute , set no particular store by the orator- ical display to which he was being treated . In fact , he was almost guilty of the discourtesy of allowing his attention to wander . He set the crown ...
... less dizzy and more collected each minute , set no particular store by the orator- ical display to which he was being treated . In fact , he was almost guilty of the discourtesy of allowing his attention to wander . He set the crown ...
Page 68
... less endur- ing material into a pulp . But there is one blow which no member of the human family can stand up to , glutton for punishment though he be . Hughie made a sudden feint with his left at his opponent's body , just below the ...
... less endur- ing material into a pulp . But there is one blow which no member of the human family can stand up to , glutton for punishment though he be . Hughie made a sudden feint with his left at his opponent's body , just below the ...
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