The Cornhill Magazine, Volumes 9-10; Volume 83; Volume 1901William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1901 |
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Page 38
... perhaps ( but this is merest guess - work ) a certain sense of limitation - shall I call it persistency ? —in the general expression of the countenance . It is hard to generalise from so slight a sketch , but perhaps something of this ...
... perhaps ( but this is merest guess - work ) a certain sense of limitation - shall I call it persistency ? —in the general expression of the countenance . It is hard to generalise from so slight a sketch , but perhaps something of this ...
Page 39
... perhaps still add to the interest which belongs to her personality . The men and women of England . and America were delighted with her , everyone - but one person . Indeed , I have read an article in a magazine of that day in which she ...
... perhaps still add to the interest which belongs to her personality . The men and women of England . and America were delighted with her , everyone - but one person . Indeed , I have read an article in a magazine of that day in which she ...
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... perhaps despise to be pleased with what was less fortunate in London . I wish Mrs. Hemans had been on the spot to make any alterations , which the players are always demanding . I will read the drama over more carefully than I have yet ...
... perhaps despise to be pleased with what was less fortunate in London . I wish Mrs. Hemans had been on the spot to make any alterations , which the players are always demanding . I will read the drama over more carefully than I have yet ...
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... perhaps , if it had the courage , but , on the whole , I fear that it is not within the range of practical politics . The alternative is to get the men voluntarily . I have no doubt that both the militia and the volunteers could , with ...
... perhaps , if it had the courage , but , on the whole , I fear that it is not within the range of practical politics . The alternative is to get the men voluntarily . I have no doubt that both the militia and the volunteers could , with ...
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... perhaps than at any later period . The multitude had been ranged in two long lines , and as the scarlet - cloaked chief advanced towards me escorted by his standard - bearers and guards , some hundreds of muskets fired repeated volleys ...
... perhaps than at any later period . The multitude had been ranged in two long lines , and as the scarlet - cloaked chief advanced towards me escorted by his standard - bearers and guards , some hundreds of muskets fired repeated volleys ...
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