Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 84W. Blackwood, 1858 |
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... head , while each negro costs no less than £ 40 . But then the latter commodity wears so well , that you can supply the losses by one hundred instead of one thousand in the year . The sacrifice of black men is , in short , only ten per ...
... head , while each negro costs no less than £ 40 . But then the latter commodity wears so well , that you can supply the losses by one hundred instead of one thousand in the year . The sacrifice of black men is , in short , only ten per ...
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... head through between them . We dare not con- duct the reader further than the entrance of this hospital - it is far enough : " I assisted Thomson in making up his prescriptions ; but when I followed him with the medi- cines into the ...
... head through between them . We dare not con- duct the reader further than the entrance of this hospital - it is far enough : " I assisted Thomson in making up his prescriptions ; but when I followed him with the medi- cines into the ...
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... head of the army . But it is also true that this pride and jealousy are necessary attributes of the army , for adjusting the soldier's adaptation to his work , since it is cer- tain that , wherever war is , there the soldier must be ...
... head of the army . But it is also true that this pride and jealousy are necessary attributes of the army , for adjusting the soldier's adaptation to his work , since it is cer- tain that , wherever war is , there the soldier must be ...
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... head per diem by the Commis- sioners of the Land - tax , who examine them , and send those away that are found fit for his majesty's service . The same method was taken in each county . " This species of recruiting , with variations ...
... head per diem by the Commis- sioners of the Land - tax , who examine them , and send those away that are found fit for his majesty's service . The same method was taken in each county . " This species of recruiting , with variations ...
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... head for 3s . 6d . a - week . ” * This , as we say , comes close to the point . Frankly , we would have the entire condition of the common soldier uplifted in the social scale , by the ex- penditure necessary to produce that result . If ...
... head for 3s . 6d . a - week . ” * This , as we say , comes close to the point . Frankly , we would have the entire condition of the common soldier uplifted in the social scale , by the ex- penditure necessary to produce that result . If ...
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Page 417 - Are hushed the maidens' voices, as cowering down they lie In the flutter of their sudden awe. For, from the air above, and the grassy ground beneath, And from the mountain-ashes and the old whitethorn between, A power of faint enchantment doth through their beings breathe, And they sink down together on the green.