Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 81W. Blackwood., 1857 |
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... observed that it was a pity such a clever man had a " pediment " in his speech . But when he came to what he con- ceived the pith of his argument or the point of his joke , he mouthed out his words with slow emphasis ; as a hen , when ...
... observed that it was a pity such a clever man had a " pediment " in his speech . But when he came to what he con- ceived the pith of his argument or the point of his joke , he mouthed out his words with slow emphasis ; as a hen , when ...
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... observed that the colliers , who many of them earned better wages than Mr Barton , " passed their time in doing nothing but swilling ale and smoking , like the beasts that perish " ( speaking , we may presume , in a remotely analogical ...
... observed that the colliers , who many of them earned better wages than Mr Barton , " passed their time in doing nothing but swilling ale and smoking , like the beasts that perish " ( speaking , we may presume , in a remotely analogical ...
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... observed , " The weather is very severe . " “ Very , indeed , ” said Milly . Mr Bridmain studied conversation as an art . To ladies he spoke of the weather , and was accustomed to con- sider it under three points of view : -as a ...
... observed , " The weather is very severe . " “ Very , indeed , ” said Milly . Mr Bridmain studied conversation as an art . To ladies he spoke of the weather , and was accustomed to con- sider it under three points of view : -as a ...
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... observed , " Mrs Barton's hamable woman ; I'd a deal sooner ha ' throwed the gravy o'er the Countess's fine gownd . But laws ! what tantrums she'd ha ' been in arter the visitors was gone . " " You'd a deal sooner not ha ' throwed it ...
... observed , " Mrs Barton's hamable woman ; I'd a deal sooner ha ' throwed the gravy o'er the Countess's fine gownd . But laws ! what tantrums she'd ha ' been in arter the visitors was gone . " " You'd a deal sooner not ha ' throwed it ...
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... observe that poets in all ages have shrunk from the task of chronicling contemporaneous deeds . These are first ... observation that no man ever yet was a hero in the eyes of his valet , and the remark is equally just if we extend it ...
... observe that poets in all ages have shrunk from the task of chronicling contemporaneous deeds . These are first ... observation that no man ever yet was a hero in the eyes of his valet , and the remark is equally just if we extend it ...
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