Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 186W. Blackwood, 1909 - England |
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Page 33
... matter , but subject always to the needs of the State . The necessity for better op- portunities for training was specially insisted on by Field- Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood in a speech made last May at the Academy banquet . The gal- lant ...
... matter , but subject always to the needs of the State . The necessity for better op- portunities for training was specially insisted on by Field- Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood in a speech made last May at the Academy banquet . The gal- lant ...
Page 39
... matter is in the power of the Almighty . " After that there was nothing to be done but to drive on , and , as it happened , I was fortunate enough to arrive in safety at the next stage before the rain came down . the the woman was in an ...
... matter is in the power of the Almighty . " After that there was nothing to be done but to drive on , and , as it happened , I was fortunate enough to arrive in safety at the next stage before the rain came down . the the woman was in an ...
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... matter , the mistakes which are due to fatal slips of the tongue are 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 ...
... matter , the mistakes which are due to fatal slips of the tongue are 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 ...
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... matter , was mak- ing exactly the same kind of mistake as the native of India who said that Bangalore was forty miles away as the cock crows . As the phrase carte blanche carried no precise sig- nificance to her mind , so the expression ...
... matter , was mak- ing exactly the same kind of mistake as the native of India who said that Bangalore was forty miles away as the cock crows . As the phrase carte blanche carried no precise sig- nificance to her mind , so the expression ...
Page 53
... matter of course , but ready money and gold dust were preferred . The pirates were men of principle too . They argued that there was no sin in robbing the heathen . Darby Mullens , who stood in the dock with Kidd , told the Court that ...
... matter of course , but ready money and gold dust were preferred . The pirates were men of principle too . They argued that there was no sin in robbing the heathen . Darby Mullens , who stood in the dock with Kidd , told the Court that ...
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