The Cornhill Magazine, Volumes 9-10; Volume 83; Volume 1901William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1901 - Electronic journals |
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William Makepeace Thackeray. She , that breath of upper air ; Ay , but never lyrist sang , Draught of Bacchus never sprang Blood the bliss of Gods to share , High o'er sweep of eagle wings , Like the run with her , when rings Clear her ...
William Makepeace Thackeray. She , that breath of upper air ; Ay , but never lyrist sang , Draught of Bacchus never sprang Blood the bliss of Gods to share , High o'er sweep of eagle wings , Like the run with her , when rings Clear her ...
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... never tired of suggesting that it was Sadleir's ghost come in search of some deeds which had been hidden under the floor . Why , he would demand in anxious tones , did I not have the carpet taken up and the deeds dis- covered ? He ...
... never tired of suggesting that it was Sadleir's ghost come in search of some deeds which had been hidden under the floor . Why , he would demand in anxious tones , did I not have the carpet taken up and the deeds dis- covered ? He ...
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... never carried into execution ; and the circumstance that did take place is as follows : When retreating from before Acre , there remained some men in the hospital at Jaffa , whose death was certain , and whom it was impossible to remove ...
... never carried into execution ; and the circumstance that did take place is as follows : When retreating from before Acre , there remained some men in the hospital at Jaffa , whose death was certain , and whom it was impossible to remove ...
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... never intended otherwise than merely as a feint , and to put us to expenses ; his answer was : - ' Mr. Pitt never thought so ; I had well weighed the conse- quences , and I calculated that if I did not succeed the demonstra- tions would ...
... never intended otherwise than merely as a feint , and to put us to expenses ; his answer was : - ' Mr. Pitt never thought so ; I had well weighed the conse- quences , and I calculated that if I did not succeed the demonstra- tions would ...
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... never fortified Paris . His answer was , that every capital ought to be put out of the power of any enemy to insult ; many instances had occurred where the occupation of a capital had occa- sioned the conclusion of a war . ' For myself ...
... never fortified Paris . His answer was , that every capital ought to be put out of the power of any enemy to insult ; many instances had occurred where the occupation of a capital had occa- sioned the conclusion of a war . ' For myself ...
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Page 427 - Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler ; the snare is broken, and we are delivered.
Page 761 - Alas, regardless of their doom, The little victims play ! No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day. Yet see how all around...
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Page 584 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man, As modest stillness, and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
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Page 814 - To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
Page 586 - I'll never Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand, As if a man were author of himself And knew no other kin.