Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 87W. Blackwood, 1860 |
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... passed into a proverb , that children are easily pleased ; meaning thereby , I presume , that they are never critical as to the congruity of any spectacle which they behold , but regard the passing pageant with absorbing wonder and ...
... passed into a proverb , that children are easily pleased ; meaning thereby , I presume , that they are never critical as to the congruity of any spectacle which they behold , but regard the passing pageant with absorbing wonder and ...
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... passed , there arose from the crowd a cheer of more than common heartiness and fervour , and I heard my uncle say that these were Sir Walter Scott and Mr Peel , then Secretary of State . Amidst the plashing of the rain and the ...
... passed , there arose from the crowd a cheer of more than common heartiness and fervour , and I heard my uncle say that these were Sir Walter Scott and Mr Peel , then Secretary of State . Amidst the plashing of the rain and the ...
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... passed a dreadful night , distracted by thoughts of you and of your rival , of my old and of my new love . But I prayed for guidance , and not in vain . A celestial ray lit my soul and directed my choice . Yet still I felt this morning ...
... passed a dreadful night , distracted by thoughts of you and of your rival , of my old and of my new love . But I prayed for guidance , and not in vain . A celestial ray lit my soul and directed my choice . Yet still I felt this morning ...
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... passed in the rapture of our first romance . Let those moments , hal- lowed by youth and passion , be for ever ... passing through to the other , a lady - in fact , there were two , but of one only I would speak , for one only engrossed ...
... passed in the rapture of our first romance . Let those moments , hal- lowed by youth and passion , be for ever ... passing through to the other , a lady - in fact , there were two , but of one only I would speak , for one only engrossed ...
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... passed through crowds without revealing the message they bore , except to him who was destined to profit by it . I know not what passed on the stage , for thither I never directed my eyes ; but I suppose it was a perform- ance of merit ...
... passed through crowds without revealing the message they bore , except to him who was destined to profit by it . I know not what passed on the stage , for thither I never directed my eyes ; but I suppose it was a perform- ance of merit ...
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