Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 83William Blackwood, 1858 |
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Page 6
... close of winter . Now , if we suppose Janet to have been in a state of “ sus- pended vitality " analogous to that of the dormouse , we shall still have to admit that her breathing alone would gradually waste her substance ; from ...
... close of winter . Now , if we suppose Janet to have been in a state of “ sus- pended vitality " analogous to that of the dormouse , we shall still have to admit that her breathing alone would gradually waste her substance ; from ...
Page 13
... close sultry night in Bengal , shut up to the eastward and southward ( the only quarters whence air could reach us ) by dead walls , and by a wall and door to the north , open only to the west- ward by two windows strongly barred with ...
... close sultry night in Bengal , shut up to the eastward and southward ( the only quarters whence air could reach us ) by dead walls , and by a wall and door to the north , open only to the west- ward by two windows strongly barred with ...
Page 14
... close between two of the bars I obtained air enough to give my lungs easy play , though my perspiration was excessive , and thirst commencing . At this period so strong a urinous volatile effluvia came from the prison that I was not ...
... close between two of the bars I obtained air enough to give my lungs easy play , though my perspiration was excessive , and thirst commencing . At this period so strong a urinous volatile effluvia came from the prison that I was not ...
Page 21
... close by the stage a man with a confound- ed cracked hurdy - gurdy . Whine- whine creaks the hurdy - gurdy " Stop that stop that mu - zeek , " cries a delicate apprentice , clapping his hands to his ears . - " Pity a poor blind ...
... close by the stage a man with a confound- ed cracked hurdy - gurdy . Whine- whine creaks the hurdy - gurdy " Stop that stop that mu - zeek , " cries a delicate apprentice , clapping his hands to his ears . - " Pity a poor blind ...
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... close to his Ex- hibition ; in the same house lodged his senior Matron , and Sophy her- self . Mrs Gormerick , being ordered to watch the child and never lose sight of her , slept in the same room with Sophy , in the upper story of the ...
... close to his Ex- hibition ; in the same house lodged his senior Matron , and Sophy her- self . Mrs Gormerick , being ordered to watch the child and never lose sight of her , slept in the same room with Sophy , in the upper story of the ...
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