Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 134. köideWilliam Blackwood, 1883 |
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Page 76
... village with his bounties at Christ- mas - tide , or his word of advice or assistance in time of misfortune ; or there is the millowner who lives in a fine house away from the " works , " but not too far to listen to the complaints of ...
... village with his bounties at Christ- mas - tide , or his word of advice or assistance in time of misfortune ; or there is the millowner who lives in a fine house away from the " works , " but not too far to listen to the complaints of ...
Page 79
... village , is very far out indeed . With them the an- nual training was an institution as old as the hills . It meant a month's absence from work , a pleasant outing under canvas on a breezy hillside , or in the tumble- down barracks in ...
... village , is very far out indeed . With them the an- nual training was an institution as old as the hills . It meant a month's absence from work , a pleasant outing under canvas on a breezy hillside , or in the tumble- down barracks in ...
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... village in the neigh- bourhood of Yokohama ) without seeing a living soul . About the same time my first groom returned and told me of the murder of my neighbour . He had assisted in carrying the corpse to the house of Thomas Ashbourne ...
... village in the neigh- bourhood of Yokohama ) without seeing a living soul . About the same time my first groom returned and told me of the murder of my neighbour . He had assisted in carrying the corpse to the house of Thomas Ashbourne ...
Page 97
... villages . All in- quiries failed . The English Gov- ernment offered a reward of five hundred rios ( about £ 200 ) for the capture of the criminal , but with- out success . In looking over Jervis's papers , it was found that he had ...
... villages . All in- quiries failed . The English Gov- ernment offered a reward of five hundred rios ( about £ 200 ) for the capture of the criminal , but with- out success . In looking over Jervis's papers , it was found that he had ...
Page 102
... villages . The gardens of the pump - rooms , with their shady avenues of limes , throwing um- brageous foliage over the sluggish course of the Leam , seemed to have shrunk into a very commonplace grass enclosure , where the stalks of ...
... villages . The gardens of the pump - rooms , with their shady avenues of limes , throwing um- brageous foliage over the sluggish course of the Leam , seemed to have shrunk into a very commonplace grass enclosure , where the stalks of ...
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