MacMillan's Magazine, Volume 72Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris 1895 |
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... head fruitlessly against corrupt Departments and peculating Admiralty Courts , old Collingwood though worn out with exile , over - work , and disease , stuck silently to his post , taking thought for nothing of his own affairs except ...
... head fruitlessly against corrupt Departments and peculating Admiralty Courts , old Collingwood though worn out with exile , over - work , and disease , stuck silently to his post , taking thought for nothing of his own affairs except ...
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... head to marry that great fool , she might have kept the boy content at home ; he might never have bethought himself to go after Edmund , and everything would have been right ! " — if she had known this , Emily might not have been ...
... head to marry that great fool , she might have kept the boy content at home ; he might never have bethought himself to go after Edmund , and everything would have been right ! " — if she had known this , Emily might not have been ...
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... head with affectionate criti- cism over the hand that Cosmo held out to her . " Well , sir , it didn't seem likely you'd be coming to me , so I just came to see you , " she said , taking the chair he offered . " You're gone very thin ...
... head with affectionate criti- cism over the hand that Cosmo held out to her . " Well , sir , it didn't seem likely you'd be coming to me , so I just came to see you , " she said , taking the chair he offered . " You're gone very thin ...
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... head . " Will you not come in and see Mrs. Ingleby ? " Evelyn was saying ; and with a start he seemed to come back out of a dream to answer her . “ I think not , thank you . I must say good - bye . " He held out his hand , and when she ...
... head . " Will you not come in and see Mrs. Ingleby ? " Evelyn was saying ; and with a start he seemed to come back out of a dream to answer her . “ I think not , thank you . I must say good - bye . " He held out his hand , and when she ...
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... head of the family desired to await developments . There was a painful suspense of breath , as we watched the shaggy black Persian advancing on the plate and the magpie with a steady , unhurried step . The magpie stood aside from the ...
... head of the family desired to await developments . There was a painful suspense of breath , as we watched the shaggy black Persian advancing on the plate and the magpie with a steady , unhurried step . The magpie stood aside from the ...
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Page 333 - The governments of the United States and Great Britain, having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America...
Page 56 - Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means; and there will stand On honorable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire; Who comprehends his trust and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim...
Page 333 - And the contracting parties likewise agree that, each shall enter into Treaty stipulations with such of the Central American States, as they may deem advisable, for the purpose...
Page 56 - CHARACTER OF THE HAPPY WARRIOR WHO is the happy Warrior ? Who is he That every man in arms should wish to be ? — It is the generous Spirit, who, when brought Among -the tasks of real life, hath wrought Upon the plan that pleased his boyish thought...
Page 460 - I shall be present or not, for to confess my weakness, Ned, my ambition is prevalent, so that I contemn the grovelling condition of a clerk, or the like, to which my fortune condemns me, and would willingly risk my life, though not my character, to exalt my station. I am confident, Ned, that my youth excludes me from any hopes of immediate preferment, nor do I desire it ; but I mean to prepare the way for futurity.
Page 56 - His honour rooted in dishonour stood, And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.
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Page 134 - Notch, who is the oldest of the club, has been in possession of the right-hand chair time out of mind, and is the only man among us that has the liberty of stirring the fire. This our foreman is a gentleman of an ancient family, that came to a great estate some years before he had discretion, and run it out in hounds, horses, and cock-fighting...
Page 479 - HENRY II. By Mrs. JR GREEN. TIMES. — " It is delightfully real and readable, and in spite of severe compression has the charm of a mediaeval romance.
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