Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 118. köideWilliam Blackwood, 1875 |
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... kind word to say of everybody ; but , after all , if one does know something of his profession , what is the good of it ? If there are seven officers away from your regiment already , all the education in the world won't get a fellow on ...
... kind word to say of everybody ; but , after all , if one does know something of his profession , what is the good of it ? If there are seven officers away from your regiment already , all the education in the world won't get a fellow on ...
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... kind aunt a poor requital of the many years of loving care bestowed on his child , he knew scarcely an easy moment till he heard in reply that his instructions would be acted on at once . Mrs Maitland and Olivia made a speedy visit to ...
... kind aunt a poor requital of the many years of loving care bestowed on his child , he knew scarcely an easy moment till he heard in reply that his instructions would be acted on at once . Mrs Maitland and Olivia made a speedy visit to ...
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... kind . She would fain have asked him about the wars in which he had taken part , as the little party sate to gether of an afternoon or evening at Mrs Maitland's lodgings , or rest ed by the wayside after a drive to some spot of interest ...
... kind . She would fain have asked him about the wars in which he had taken part , as the little party sate to gether of an afternoon or evening at Mrs Maitland's lodgings , or rest ed by the wayside after a drive to some spot of interest ...
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... kind , to be thus sternly disposed towards him . Might it not be , however , that he had been misjudged ? He said he had enemies who were bent on tra- ducing his character . There must be some mistake ! And yet her father spoke so ...
... kind , to be thus sternly disposed towards him . Might it not be , however , that he had been misjudged ? He said he had enemies who were bent on tra- ducing his character . There must be some mistake ! And yet her father spoke so ...
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... kind and good , and on whose friendship her father set a high value . Middle - aged he was , but the difference between them seemed no longer what it was when the slight girl in the broad - brimmed straw hat had led the grave soldier ...
... kind and good , and on whose friendship her father set a high value . Middle - aged he was , but the difference between them seemed no longer what it was when the slight girl in the broad - brimmed straw hat had led the grave soldier ...
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