Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 99W. Blackwood., 1866 - England |
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... hear to - morrow that he had been duped and cheated out of half his fortune than learn he had done one act that savoured of the - the-- " He stopped , unable to finish , for he could not hit upon the word that might be strong enough for ...
... hear to - morrow that he had been duped and cheated out of half his fortune than learn he had done one act that savoured of the - the-- " He stopped , unable to finish , for he could not hit upon the word that might be strong enough for ...
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... hear the Chancellor of the Exchequer de- clare an annual deficiency of some millions sterling , and see the news- papers quote the five per cent stock at the modest figure of 64 and a fraction . Professional politenesses are very ...
... hear the Chancellor of the Exchequer de- clare an annual deficiency of some millions sterling , and see the news- papers quote the five per cent stock at the modest figure of 64 and a fraction . Professional politenesses are very ...
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... hear his entertaining narratives , which may possibly have received a little embellish- ment in the telling , but which em- braced a very wide circle of human experience , and had a certain ease and brilliancy beyond most such recitals ...
... hear his entertaining narratives , which may possibly have received a little embellish- ment in the telling , but which em- braced a very wide circle of human experience , and had a certain ease and brilliancy beyond most such recitals ...
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... Hear old Von , how grand he talks ! " Then turning to me , he added , in a ban- ter , " Why don't you jump the fence yourself , if you know how to do it better ? " I had never leaped my heavy - built Pennsylvanian as yet , and I was in ...
... Hear old Von , how grand he talks ! " Then turning to me , he added , in a ban- ter , " Why don't you jump the fence yourself , if you know how to do it better ? " I had never leaped my heavy - built Pennsylvanian as yet , and I was in ...
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... hear , the Yankees as they gave chase to our poor Captain . Taking some of our couriers , and such of the tirailleurs as had re- covered from their stampede , with us , we galloped forward at once to the assistance of our brave com ...
... hear , the Yankees as they gave chase to our poor Captain . Taking some of our couriers , and such of the tirailleurs as had re- covered from their stampede , with us , we galloped forward at once to the assistance of our brave com ...
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Page 211 - Ne let the man ascribe it to his skill, That thorough grace hath gained victory. If any strength we have, it is to ill, But all the good is Gods, both power and eke will.
Page 364 - Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.
Page 219 - I well consider all that ye have sayd, And find that all things stedfastnes doe hate And changed be: yet being rightly wayd, They are not changed from their first estate; But by their change their being doe dilate: And turning to themselves at length againe, Doe worke their owne perfection so by fate: Then over them Change doth not rule and raigne; But they raigne over Change, and doe their states maintaine.
Page 512 - I have seen a certain man of my own country whose name was Eleazar, releasing people that were demoniacal in the presence of Vespasian, and his sons, and his captains, and the whole multitude of his soldiers. The manner of the cure was this: — He put a ring that had a root of one of those sorts mentioned by Solomon to the nostrils of the demoniac, after which he drew out the demon through his nostrils; and when the man fell down immediately, he adjured him to return into him no more, making still...
Page 34 - If I am asked whether I believe in matter, I ask whether the questioner accepts this definition of it. If he does, I believe in matter : and so do all Berkeleians. In any other sense than this, I do not. But I affirm with confidence, that this conception of Matter includes the whole meaning attached to it by the common world, apart from philosophical, and sometimes from theological, theories.
Page 512 - ... to return into him no more, making still mention of Solomon, and reciting the incantations which he composed. And when Eleazar would persuade and demonstrate to the spectators that he had such a power, he set a little way off a cup or basin full of water, and commanded the demon, as he went out of the man, to overturn it, and thereby to let the spectators know that he had left the man...
Page 205 - Most envious man, that grieves at neighbours good, And fond, that joyest in the woe thou hast ; Why wilt not let him passe, that long hath stood Upon the banke, yet wilt thy selfe not passe the flood?
Page 531 - That we may exclude those whom it is necessary to exclude, we must admit those whom it may be safe to admit. At present we oppose the schemes of revolutionists with only one half, with only one quarter of our proper force. We say, and we say justly, that it is not by mere numbers, but by property and intelligence, that the nation ought to be governed. Yet, saying this, we exclude from all share in the government...
Page 512 - God also enabled him to learn that skill which expels demons *, which is a science useful and sanative to men. He composed such incantations also by which distempers are alleviated. And he left behind him the manner of using exorcisms, by which they drive away demons, so that they never return...
Page 741 - I was told he retained his cheerful sweetness of temper to the last, and would often be carried out on a summer's evening, when the country lads and lasses were assembled at their rural sports, and with his pencil, give an order on his agent, the mercer, for a new gown to the best dancer.