Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 218William Blackwood, 1925 |
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Page 246
... PHILLAUR instead of the great city of their choice , and more broken hearts would join the ranks of those rejected and despised of cross - word editors . And they would be the inno- cent victims of fate , for how could they know about ...
... PHILLAUR instead of the great city of their choice , and more broken hearts would join the ranks of those rejected and despised of cross - word editors . And they would be the inno- cent victims of fate , for how could they know about ...
Page 247
... Phillaur , which lies about two hundred yards away towards the east . Some travellers , more favoured by fortune than their fellows , have chanced to be passing this spot at sunrise , and have looked out to see the light falling on the ...
... Phillaur , which lies about two hundred yards away towards the east . Some travellers , more favoured by fortune than their fellows , have chanced to be passing this spot at sunrise , and have looked out to see the light falling on the ...
Page 248
... Phillaur town , a Brahmin , the only son of a widow , and took him to build him alive into the walls of the Fort ... Phillaur Fort before we turn from its own romance to that of the work which is done within its walls . In addition to ...
... Phillaur town , a Brahmin , the only son of a widow , and took him to build him alive into the walls of the Fort ... Phillaur Fort before we turn from its own romance to that of the work which is done within its walls . In addition to ...
Page 249
... Phillaur Fort on its cession to the British by the Sikhs in 1846 ; and his tutor in the finger - print system was a Sikh officer of the bureau , who was thus helping to make him an efficient officer of the Indian Government and a more ...
... Phillaur Fort on its cession to the British by the Sikhs in 1846 ; and his tutor in the finger - print system was a Sikh officer of the bureau , who was thus helping to make him an efficient officer of the Indian Government and a more ...
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... Phillaur , had studied the system under Mr Henry's tuition during the year , and had returned with an enthusi- astic recognition of its merits . By the end of 1898 he had made a modest beginning with just over 7000 records , and had ...
... Phillaur , had studied the system under Mr Henry's tuition during the year , and had returned with an enthusi- astic recognition of its merits . By the end of 1898 he had made a modest beginning with just over 7000 records , and had ...
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Page 380 - For they that led us away captive, required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness : Sing us one of the songs of Sion.
Page 682 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions; wherein he flowed with that facility, that sometimes it was necessary he should be stopped: Sufflaminandus erat, as Augustus said of Haterius.
Page 680 - He is a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest, jealous of every word and action of those about him, (especially after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth...
Page 380 - How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land ? If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Page 679 - This youth, being knavishly inclined, among other pastimes (as the setting of the favour of damosels on a codpiece) caused him to be drunken and dead drunk, so that he knew not where he was; thereafter laid him on a car, which he made to be drawn by pioneers through the streets, at every corner showing his governor stretched out, and telling them that was a more lively image of the crucifix than any they had.
Page 11 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 679 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 679 - Ah Ben! Say how, or when Shall we thy guests Meet at those lyric feasts Made at the Sun, The Dog, the Triple Tun, Where we such clusters had As made us nobly wild, not mad; And yet each verse of thine Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine.
Page 804 - The hopes of being able to accomplish the voyage was our principal support. The boatswain very innocently told me that he really thought I looked worse than any in the boat. The simplicity with which he uttered such an opinion amused me, and I returned him a better compliment.
Page 288 - If I were attempting to set up a Parliamentary system in India, or if it could be said that this chapter of reforms led directly or necessarily up to the establishment of a Parliamentary system in India, I, for one, would have nothing at all to do with it...