Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 96W. Blackwood., 1864 |
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Page 44
... ture of threats and bribes , it is not difficult in these provinces to insure matters going the right way . The only other country where politics as a trade are so profitable , where the men who engage in it are so unscrupulous , and ...
... ture of threats and bribes , it is not difficult in these provinces to insure matters going the right way . The only other country where politics as a trade are so profitable , where the men who engage in it are so unscrupulous , and ...
Page 48
... ture of the population is to be found on the signboards , where German , Italian , Moldavian , French , and sometimes Russian or Turkish , ap- pear indiscriminately . The fact of being only ten miles from Russia on the one hand , and of ...
... ture of the population is to be found on the signboards , where German , Italian , Moldavian , French , and sometimes Russian or Turkish , ap- pear indiscriminately . The fact of being only ten miles from Russia on the one hand , and of ...
Page 52
... ture of tact and honesty , to com- pensate to the Moldavians for all they have lost by the union ! One would imagine that no more agree- able or grateful task could be found , than to have the power of producing such vast and certain ...
... ture of tact and honesty , to com- pensate to the Moldavians for all they have lost by the union ! One would imagine that no more agree- able or grateful task could be found , than to have the power of producing such vast and certain ...
Page 53
... ture . To a stranger it seemed odd to sit and discuss with the indivi- dual most interested , whether she ought to change her husband now or put off that function , and to hear advice given after dinner open- ly upon the subject ; then ...
... ture . To a stranger it seemed odd to sit and discuss with the indivi- dual most interested , whether she ought to change her husband now or put off that function , and to hear advice given after dinner open- ly upon the subject ; then ...
Page 57
... ture now , Dolly . I am called away to London by telegraph , and am to leave to - morrow morning . " " And are you fully prepared , Tony , for the examination ? " " Luckily for me , they do not re- quire it . Some accidental want of ...
... ture now , Dolly . I am called away to London by telegraph , and am to leave to - morrow morning . " " And are you fully prepared , Tony , for the examination ? " " Luckily for me , they do not re- quire it . Some accidental want of ...
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