Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 93W. Blackwood, 1863 - Scotland |
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... Percival Tracey ( so let me call the person I have just intro- duced to the reader ) was one of those men to whom Nature gives letters of recommendation to Pos- terity , which , from some chance or another , never reach their destina ...
... Percival Tracey ( so let me call the person I have just intro- duced to the reader ) was one of those men to whom Nature gives letters of recommendation to Pos- terity , which , from some chance or another , never reach their destina ...
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... Percival Tracey he hoped to find the zealous champion , and perhaps ultimately the redoubted chief , of that party for which his Grace felt a patriot's preference . Hailing , therefore , in Percival's unlucky fever , an excuse for ...
... Percival Tracey he hoped to find the zealous champion , and perhaps ultimately the redoubted chief , of that party for which his Grace felt a patriot's preference . Hailing , therefore , in Percival's unlucky fever , an excuse for ...
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... Percival Tra- cey was handsome , it was not from mere regularity of feature , nor lustre of colouring , but from an expression of countenance which seemed to take sweetness from the amenities of his heart , and nobleness from the ...
... Percival Tra- cey was handsome , it was not from mere regularity of feature , nor lustre of colouring , but from an expression of countenance which seemed to take sweetness from the amenities of his heart , and nobleness from the ...
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... Percival Tracey had a vague consciousness that he ought to do something - some day or other . But as that consciousness disquieted his enjoyment of the present , he never nourished it by meditation . Day after day he put off the doing ...
... Percival Tracey had a vague consciousness that he ought to do something - some day or other . But as that consciousness disquieted his enjoyment of the present , he never nourished it by meditation . Day after day he put off the doing ...
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... Percival Tracey with a station nearer to his resi- dence ? " " Sir , " answered the official , " it is not the fault of the Company ; when they asked his consent to the line , which passes for several miles through his estate - in the ...
... Percival Tracey with a station nearer to his resi- dence ? " " Sir , " answered the official , " it is not the fault of the Company ; when they asked his consent to the line , which passes for several miles through his estate - in the ...
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