The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 78William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1898 |
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... give me a grasp of that all - conquering hand . ' The first version is needlessly profane , the second is tumid and un - British ; but about the intelligence and fire with which Pakenham carried out his orders there is no doubt ...
... give me a grasp of that all - conquering hand . ' The first version is needlessly profane , the second is tumid and un - British ; but about the intelligence and fire with which Pakenham carried out his orders there is no doubt ...
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... give him a hint of the desirability of sending Minnie to see us speedily . I do not wish to worry Minnie , she and I have never particularly cottoned ; but , as you have good reason to know , our stepmother holds to her lbs . of ...
... give him a hint of the desirability of sending Minnie to see us speedily . I do not wish to worry Minnie , she and I have never particularly cottoned ; but , as you have good reason to know , our stepmother holds to her lbs . of ...
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... Give 12.sumen met de enemy , who Wiw ***** the Moslems Wallpa : But - it is up , si ** : by H more point strea marc . from madr over his ba migh stand attaci army marcl Bett all I be los > . as the Arab chronicler believed , the field ...
... Give 12.sumen met de enemy , who Wiw ***** the Moslems Wallpa : But - it is up , si ** : by H more point strea marc . from madr over his ba migh stand attaci army marcl Bett all I be los > . as the Arab chronicler believed , the field ...
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... give each other the proper support , the knights protected by the arrows of the foot , and the foot by the lances of the knights . " At the moment of close combat , however , the greater part of the infantry , after wavering for a ...
... give each other the proper support , the knights protected by the arrows of the foot , and the foot by the lances of the knights . " At the moment of close combat , however , the greater part of the infantry , after wavering for a ...
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... give you — a quarter in advance , or half a year , or a year , if you wish it . ' I looked at him , and I saw that his face was working . * But , Mr. Blight , ' said I , this is very good of you . But why• It is not good of me at all ...
... give you — a quarter in advance , or half a year , or a year , if you wish it . ' I looked at him , and I saw that his face was working . * But , Mr. Blight , ' said I , this is very good of you . But why• It is not good of me at all ...
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Page 89 - twas a famous victory. 'My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by; They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly: So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head.
Page 461 - In dreary hospitals of pain, The cheerless corridors, The cold and stony floors. Lo! in that house of misery A lady with a lamp I see Pass through the glimmering gloom, And flit from room to room. And slow, as in a dream of bliss, The speechless sufferer turns to kiss Her shadow, as it falls Upon the darkening walls.
Page 461 - As if a door in heaven should be Opened and then closed suddenly, The vision came and went, The light shone and was spent.
Page 14 - PRENTICES TO DEATH, AND HID THEM IN THE COAL-HOLE. For her mind Shaped strictest plans of discipline. Sage schemes ! Such as Lycurgus taught, when at the shrine Of the Orthyan goddess he bade flog The little Spartans ; such as erst chastised Our Milton, when at college.
Page 414 - It did ; and to prove that she did not keep them waiting, in a few minutes she came into the room in a loose white nightgown and shawl, her nightcap thrown off, and her hair falling upon her shoulders, her feet in slippers, tears in her eyes, but perfectly collected and dignified.
Page 137 - Where the great Sun begins his state Robed in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight; While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Page 90 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun; But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. "Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene.
Page 325 - Behn curiously sealed up, with " private and confidential " on the packet, to my gay old grand-aunt. The next time I saw her afterwards she gave me back Aphra, properly wrapped up, with nearly these words : — " Take back your bonny Mrs. Behn, and if you will take my advice, put her in the fire ; for I found it impossible to get through the very first novel. But is it not...
Page 196 - Oh! if I were Queen of France, Or still better, Pope of Rome, I would have no fighting men abroad, No weeping maids at home.
Page 18 - And clap the padlock on their mind !" — And for these reasons, thanking the gentlemen who had done him the honour to drink his health, he should propose " MERLIN the late Minister of Justice, and Trial by Jury .'