Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 122William Blackwood, 1877 - England |
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... poor Oliver Lee ? He died of it , you know , and was really comforted for his mortal sickness by its big name . He insisted on it always , and was continually checking off his symp- toms - clouded vision , morbid fancies , loss of ...
... poor Oliver Lee ? He died of it , you know , and was really comforted for his mortal sickness by its big name . He insisted on it always , and was continually checking off his symp- toms - clouded vision , morbid fancies , loss of ...
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... Poor Tom Wyedale ! what a witty dog he was , to be sure ! Quite one of the best of us . And ah ! what a Tory ! He would have had Peel hanged for his Corn - law treachery , if he could . Ah ! a fine fellow , Tom . He left no children , I ...
... Poor Tom Wyedale ! what a witty dog he was , to be sure ! Quite one of the best of us . And ah ! what a Tory ! He would have had Peel hanged for his Corn - law treachery , if he could . Ah ! a fine fellow , Tom . He left no children , I ...
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... poor Tom , who knew as much about water- colours as a Choctaw Indian , and was wont to confess that he liked to take the beauties of nature " with an object , " and with special reference to Epsom , Ascot , and Goodwood . But , with a ...
... poor Tom , who knew as much about water- colours as a Choctaw Indian , and was wont to confess that he liked to take the beauties of nature " with an object , " and with special reference to Epsom , Ascot , and Goodwood . But , with a ...
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... poor wretches , forcing them constantly to shift their position . " Our Krupp gun did great exe- cution , while the Remington rifle decimated the assaulting column to such an extent that after 1877. ] 31 The Egyptian Campaign in Abyssinia .
... poor wretches , forcing them constantly to shift their position . " Our Krupp gun did great exe- cution , while the Remington rifle decimated the assaulting column to such an extent that after 1877. ] 31 The Egyptian Campaign in Abyssinia .
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... poor bound wretches to run a little distance by pricking them with their spears , and then shot them down as they ran , as coolly as if they had been coveys of partridges , despatching those who were only wounded at close quar- ters ...
... poor bound wretches to run a little distance by pricking them with their spears , and then shot them down as they ran , as coolly as if they had been coveys of partridges , despatching those who were only wounded at close quar- ters ...
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