Blackwood's Magazine, Volumen204William Blackwood, 1918 |
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... mean , you seldom see the stinkin ' Turk within half a mile of you ; but this scrap of yours ought to be a heart- to - heart sort of show - like a footer serum . ” His friend smiled dryly as he eyed the swollen river ahead with dis ...
... mean , you seldom see the stinkin ' Turk within half a mile of you ; but this scrap of yours ought to be a heart- to - heart sort of show - like a footer serum . ” His friend smiled dryly as he eyed the swollen river ahead with dis ...
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... mean , you seldom see the stinkin ' Turk within half a mile of you ; but this scrap of yours ought to be a heart- to - heart sort of show - like a footer serum . " His friend smiled dryly as he eyed the swollen river ahead with dis ...
... mean , you seldom see the stinkin ' Turk within half a mile of you ; but this scrap of yours ought to be a heart- to - heart sort of show - like a footer serum . " His friend smiled dryly as he eyed the swollen river ahead with dis ...
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... mean- while ; but to myself I said complacently- " Some mystery here ! " Presently I remarked- " There was another face I didn't see the island patri- arch . " She looked at me quickly . " The patriarch - who do you mean ? " " An old ...
... mean- while ; but to myself I said complacently- " Some mystery here ! " Presently I remarked- " There was another face I didn't see the island patri- arch . " She looked at me quickly . " The patriarch - who do you mean ? " " An old ...
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... mean , or did he mean anything at all ? " A man in an oilskin coat , with a moustache on his lip- here , " I went on , touching my own lip , " who goes out at night and walks along the shore ; have you seen any one like that ? " Again ...
... mean , or did he mean anything at all ? " A man in an oilskin coat , with a moustache on his lip- here , " I went on , touching my own lip , " who goes out at night and walks along the shore ; have you seen any one like that ? " Again ...
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... mean ? " I said to myself . Five minutes of course meant quarter of an hour , and then we sallied forth into the night , she in a long tweed coat and I in my inevitable oilskin . " Which way do you want to go ? " she asked . " Suppose ...
... mean ? " I said to myself . Five minutes of course meant quarter of an hour , and then we sallied forth into the night , she in a long tweed coat and I in my inevitable oilskin . " Which way do you want to go ? " she asked . " Suppose ...
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Página 51 - Take up our quarrel with the foe; To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
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Página 238 - He complains with a sorrowful indignation of people who " appear to have no proper estimate of the value of the franchise "; he leads his disciples to believe — what the Englishman is always too ready to believe— that the having a vote, like the having a large family, or a large business, or large muscles, has in itself some edifying and perfecting effect upon human nature. Or else he cries out to the democracy —
Página 341 - The policy of His Majesty's Government, with which the Government of India are in complete accord, is that of the increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration and the gradual development of self-governing institutions with a view to the progressive realisation of responsible government in India as an integral part of the British Empire.
Página 691 - For even those who come short in other ways may justly plead the valor with which they have fought for their country ; they have blotted out the evil with the good, and have benefited the state more by their public services than they have injured her by their private actions. None of these men were enervated by wealth or hesitated to resign the pleasures of life ; none of them put off the evil day in the hope, natural to poverty, that a man, though poor, may one day become rich. But, deeming that...
Página 303 - What I shall leave thee none can tell, But all shall say I wish thee well; I wish thee, Vin, before all wealth, Both bodily and ghostly health: Nor too much wealth, nor wit, come to thee; So much of either may undo thee. I wish thee learning, not for show, Enough for to instruct, and know; Not such as gentlemen require, To prate at table or at fire. I wish thee all thy mother's graces, Thy father's fortunes...
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