Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 54; Volume 117Leavitt, Throw and Company, 1891 |
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Page 12
... idea of turning character and genius and history inside out these are ideas to give an active mind a high programme and to add the element of artistic beauty to the conception of suc- cess . Just in proportion as he is sentient and ...
... idea of turning character and genius and history inside out these are ideas to give an active mind a high programme and to add the element of artistic beauty to the conception of suc- cess . Just in proportion as he is sentient and ...
Page 35
... idea until he be- thought him what book he should give her , and then he was puzzled . Of course , as a mere remembrance , Josephus , or The Fairchild Family , or even a volume of the Encyclopædia Britannica would do as well as another ...
... idea until he be- thought him what book he should give her , and then he was puzzled . Of course , as a mere remembrance , Josephus , or The Fairchild Family , or even a volume of the Encyclopædia Britannica would do as well as another ...
Page 44
... idea of his master's wealth and importance ) , " and now she's playing him , and he's gey sick wi't , I can tell you ; but whether he will stand the strain o't , I canna say . " Archie was nothing if not cautious . " I'd like fine to ...
... idea of his master's wealth and importance ) , " and now she's playing him , and he's gey sick wi't , I can tell you ; but whether he will stand the strain o't , I canna say . " Archie was nothing if not cautious . " I'd like fine to ...
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... idea never seemed to have entered their heads not the smallest trifle was missing . Genuine untainted Zulus are too noble to be thieves . They exult in the possession of a flannel shirt , they fully appreciate the gift of a shilling ...
... idea never seemed to have entered their heads not the smallest trifle was missing . Genuine untainted Zulus are too noble to be thieves . They exult in the possession of a flannel shirt , they fully appreciate the gift of a shilling ...
Page 117
... ideas . They're not the same as mine , and therefore I don't like them . I don't un- derstand them . They either shock me , or hurt me , or annoy me , or bore me ; or else they strike me ( who am confessedly less clever than you ) as ...
... ideas . They're not the same as mine , and therefore I don't like them . I don't un- derstand them . They either shock me , or hurt me , or annoy me , or bore me ; or else they strike me ( who am confessedly less clever than you ) as ...
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