Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 103W. Blackwood, 1868 - England |
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... sure how exactly it could be altered for the better , or whether they could command the necessary agency for such an alteration . Those men would have a difficult and dangerous business on their hands ; and the more sense , feeling ...
... sure how exactly it could be altered for the better , or whether they could command the necessary agency for such an alteration . Those men would have a difficult and dangerous business on their hands ; and the more sense , feeling ...
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... sure how exactly it could be altered for the better , or whether they could command the necessary agency for such an alteration . Those men would have a difficult and dangerous business on their hands ; and the more sense , feeling ...
... sure how exactly it could be altered for the better , or whether they could command the necessary agency for such an alteration . Those men would have a difficult and dangerous business on their hands ; and the more sense , feeling ...
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... sure ; so long , I say , as men wink at their own knowingness , or hold their heads high , because they have got an advantage over their fellows ; so long Class Interest will be in danger of making itself felt injuri- ously . No set of ...
... sure ; so long , I say , as men wink at their own knowingness , or hold their heads high , because they have got an advantage over their fellows ; so long Class Interest will be in danger of making itself felt injuri- ously . No set of ...
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... sure of a crowd who will applaud him . Now changes can only be good in proportion as they help to bring about this sort of re- sult : in proportion as they put knowledge in the place of ignor- ance , and fellow - feeling in the place of ...
... sure of a crowd who will applaud him . Now changes can only be good in proportion as they help to bring about this sort of re- sult : in proportion as they put knowledge in the place of ignor- ance , and fellow - feeling in the place of ...
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... sure that any such going on her part was a thing quite out of the question . As an actor will say of himself when he declines some proffered character , she could not see herself in that part . Though she could tell her- self that she ...
... sure that any such going on her part was a thing quite out of the question . As an actor will say of himself when he declines some proffered character , she could not see herself in that part . Though she could tell her- self that she ...
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