Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 95W. Blackwood, 1864 |
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... young man of twenty - five , was sitting on a red blanket spread upon a square platform of royal grass , encased in tiger - grass reeds , scrupulously well dressed in a new mbugů . The hair of his head was cut short , excepting on the ...
... young man of twenty - five , was sitting on a red blanket spread upon a square platform of royal grass , encased in tiger - grass reeds , scrupulously well dressed in a new mbugů . The hair of his head was cut short , excepting on the ...
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... young king and his queenly mother . It is indeed quite clear to the reader , whether it was so to Bana himself or not , that they would never have let him away had they not firmly believed that the charming recollection of their so ...
... young king and his queenly mother . It is indeed quite clear to the reader , whether it was so to Bana himself or not , that they would never have let him away had they not firmly believed that the charming recollection of their so ...
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... young woman who , after four days ' search , had been discovered in his house . They were brought for judgment before the king . 66 Nothing was listened to but the plaintiff's statement , who said he had lost the woman four days , and ...
... young woman who , after four days ' search , had been discovered in his house . They were brought for judgment before the king . 66 Nothing was listened to but the plaintiff's statement , who said he had lost the woman four days , and ...
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... young princes , attracted by the sound of the gun , came to see what was done . Their surprise knew no bounds ; they could scarcely believe what they saw ; and then , on recovering , with the spirit of true gentlemen , they seized both ...
... young princes , attracted by the sound of the gun , came to see what was done . Their surprise knew no bounds ; they could scarcely believe what they saw ; and then , on recovering , with the spirit of true gentlemen , they seized both ...
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... young swells of the Government offices assemble to talk of themselves , and sneer at their official superiors . " I ... young officials from Downing Street ; two were guardsmen ; and one an infe- rior member of the royal household -a ...
... young swells of the Government offices assemble to talk of themselves , and sneer at their official superiors . " I ... young officials from Downing Street ; two were guardsmen ; and one an infe- rior member of the royal household -a ...
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Page 1 - Wasoga and Waganda fishermen coming out in boats and taking post on all the rocks with rod and hook, hippopotami and crocodiles lying sleepily on the water, the ferry at work above the falls, and cattle driven down to drink at the margin of the lake, — made, in all, with the pretty nature of the country — small hills, grassy-topped, with trees in the folds, and gardens on the lower slopes — as interesting a picture as one could wish to see.
Page 16 - I had given him with his own hands, and giving it full-cock to a page, told him to go out and shoot a man in the outer court ; which was no sooner accomplished than the little urchin returned to announce his success, with a look of glee such as one would see in the face of a boy who had robbed a bird's nest, caught a trout, or done any other boyish trick. The king said to him, 'And did you do it well?
Page 2 - But I felt I ought to be content with what I had been spared to accomplish; for I had seen full half of the lake, and had information given me of the other half, by means of which I knew all about the lake, as far, at least, as the chief objects of geographical importance were concerned.
Page 8 - There courtiers of high dignity stepped forward to greet me, dressed in the most scrupulously neat fashions. Men, women, bulls, dogs, and goats, were led about by strings ; cocks and hens were carried in men's arms; and little pages, with...
Page 216 - Hemmings volunteered to walk with her to the corner ; and it is not necessary to say that she immediately plunged into the topic which at that moment engaged all minds in Carlingford. " If I had not seen it with my own eyes, I should not have believed it,
Page 414 - ... without actual malice, and without gross negligence; and that before the commencement of the action, or at the earliest opportunity afterwards...
Page 309 - Saturday night it had somewhat abated. The Bank had taken a firm and deliberate resolution to make common cause with the country, as far as their humble efforts would go.
Page 113 - This is a matter for serious reflection. Let us not delay taking a decision until sudden and irresistible events disturb our judgment and draw us in spite of ourselves in opposite directions. I now, therefore, propose to your Majesty to regulate the present and to secure the future by means of a Congress.