Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 122W. Blackwood & Sons, 1877 - Scotland |
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... troops composing this expe- dition were the picked men of the Egyptian army , armed not only with the Remington rifle , but pro- vided with artillery , including Krupp guns . It was , in all re- spects , an admirably well - equipped and ...
... troops composing this expe- dition were the picked men of the Egyptian army , armed not only with the Remington rifle , but pro- vided with artillery , including Krupp guns . It was , in all re- spects , an admirably well - equipped and ...
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... troops . Then , late in the day , Ratib Pasha moved out with 5000 men , only about three miles from his fortified position , and rest as took up a stand , equally distant from that and Kayakhor , immediately opposite the Amhoor road ...
... troops . Then , late in the day , Ratib Pasha moved out with 5000 men , only about three miles from his fortified position , and rest as took up a stand , equally distant from that and Kayakhor , immediately opposite the Amhoor road ...
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... another , the famous Queen herself , from whom Abyssinian royalty traces its descent . Herod- otus tells us that about 240,000 Egyptian troops stationed at the Isle of Elephantis ( Phila 38 July The Egyptian Campaign in Abyssinia .
... another , the famous Queen herself , from whom Abyssinian royalty traces its descent . Herod- otus tells us that about 240,000 Egyptian troops stationed at the Isle of Elephantis ( Phila 38 July The Egyptian Campaign in Abyssinia .
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Egyptian troops stationed at the Isle of Elephantis ( Phila ) deserted to the King of Ethiopia , assigning as their reason " their non - payment and retention there for three years , " responding to the expostulations of Psammeticus in ...
Egyptian troops stationed at the Isle of Elephantis ( Phila ) deserted to the King of Ethiopia , assigning as their reason " their non - payment and retention there for three years , " responding to the expostulations of Psammeticus in ...
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... troops , the perfecting of preparations . Or it may be that Russia is contending with difficulties which she did not foresee ; that her plans are to some extent balked ; that she has in many respects advanced according to pro- gramme ...
... troops , the perfecting of preparations . Or it may be that Russia is contending with difficulties which she did not foresee ; that her plans are to some extent balked ; that she has in many respects advanced according to pro- gramme ...
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Page 342 - And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say To-morrow is Saint Crispian :' Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say 'These wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Page 709 - Shaped by himself with newly-learned art;] A wedding or a festival, A mourning or a funeral ; And this hath now his heart, And unto this he frames his song : Then will he fit his tongue To dialogues of business, love, or strife ; But it will not be long Ere this be thrown aside, And with new joy and pride The little Actor cons another part, Filling from time to time his
Page 403 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Page 404 - I have ventured, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown prid.e At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye ; I feel my heart new open'd : O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes...
Page 406 - Doon, To see the rose and woodbine twine; And ilka bird sang o' its luve, And fondly sae did I o
Page 409 - And he said, This will I do : I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 118 - Bid them achieve me and then sell my bones. Good God ! why should they mock poor fellows thus ? The man that once did sell the lion's skin While the beast lived, was killed with hunting him.
Page 405 - In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
Page 717 - Here was a panacea . . . for all human woes: here was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages, at once discovered: happiness might now be bought for a penny, and carried in the waistcoat pocket: portable ecstasies might be had corked up in a pint bottle: and peace of mind could be sent down in gallons by the mail coach.
Page 404 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.