The Cornhill Magazine, Том 19; Том 66William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1892 |
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... and Scotch pines . The woods became dense about the base of the moors that soared up into the pure sky , crested with granite , and the foliage rolled part way up their sides . A stream , falling MRS . CURGENVEN OF CURGENVEN . 11.
... and Scotch pines . The woods became dense about the base of the moors that soared up into the pure sky , crested with granite , and the foliage rolled part way up their sides . A stream , falling MRS . CURGENVEN OF CURGENVEN . 11.
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... woods , and spread below the lawn into a lake tenanted by wildfowl . But the stranger did not look at the distant landscape , her eyes observed the house , the terrace , the gardens and shrubberies . The house was large , a Queen Anne ...
... woods , and spread below the lawn into a lake tenanted by wildfowl . But the stranger did not look at the distant landscape , her eyes observed the house , the terrace , the gardens and shrubberies . The house was large , a Queen Anne ...
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... wood . It contained a billiard and a smoking room , also a workshop . Here the captain was wont to spend much of his time . He had a mechanical talent , and delighted in making little mills turned by water , and scarecrows set in motion ...
... wood . It contained a billiard and a smoking room , also a workshop . Here the captain was wont to spend much of his time . He had a mechanical talent , and delighted in making little mills turned by water , and scarecrows set in motion ...
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... woods the sun is high . Firs show their tops through the mist , which now is clearing rapidly away . A magpie appears for one instant , and vanishes , another flits out , but there is no noise ; nor do we make any , standing as we are ...
... woods the sun is high . Firs show their tops through the mist , which now is clearing rapidly away . A magpie appears for one instant , and vanishes , another flits out , but there is no noise ; nor do we make any , standing as we are ...
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... woods are silent , and now the vapours have cleared off over the tree tops , and have rolled away . From a grey thorn a blackbird flutes , as only a blackbird can ; his mate is sitting below him on her nest . This is bird music in ...
... woods are silent , and now the vapours have cleared off over the tree tops , and have rolled away . From a grey thorn a blackbird flutes , as only a blackbird can ; his mate is sitting below him on her nest . This is bird music in ...
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Страница 80 - Nothing can tend more to bring the whole system into disrepute and disgust with him, than to see with his own eyes and hear with his own ears the effect it has upon the people.
Страница 88 - If there is one thing more certain than another, it is that, as the popular element increases, that government recedes from aristocracy and monarchy toward republicanism.
Страница 314 - REMEDY, to denote which he coined the word CHLORODYNE. Dr. Browne is the SOLE INVENTOR, and, as the composition of Chlorodyne cannot possibly be discovered by Analysis (organic substances defying elimination), and since the formula has never been published, it is evident that any statement to the effect that a compound is identical with Dr.
Страница 249 - t is something; we may stand Where he in English earth is laid, And from his ashes may be made The violet of his native land.
Страница 80 - She is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life, besides being fabulously rich, absolutely independent and rather eccentric.
Страница 314 - Dysentery, Spasms, Cramps, Neuralgia, the Vomiting of Pregnancy, and as a general sedative, that have occurred under our personal observation during many years. In Choleraic Diarrhoea, and even in the more terrible forms of Cholera itself, we have witnessed its surprisingly controlling power.
Страница 461 - ... properly for the place; or lastly, if she liked it better, as my wife had then an opportunity of recommending her to the family of one of the first of our nobility, she undertook to get her a creditable place in it where she would receive no less than £8 or £10 a year wages, with other advantages.
Страница 466 - Beside it rose the grim old watch tower, formerly a lighthouse. Passing down a side street I found myself before the present Dessein's, formerly Quillacq's, and which is quite as old as was the old Dessein. A quaint house it is too, with rather stately, faded chambers, and a grand stair with banisters of flowing design, which ascend to the right and left. A worthy old French lady, Madame Dessein, still presided, and is glad to talk with the sympathetic stranger of the glory of her mansion, of \feu...
Страница 314 - ... in every Anglo-Indian home. The other brands, we are happy to say, are now relegated to the native bazaars, and, judging from their sale, we fancy their sojourn there will be but evanescent. We could multiply instances ad...