Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 29W. Blackwood & Sons, 1831 |
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... look , lauch , or speech -or rather a ' the three thegither in ane , while Sir Walter himsell keckled on his chair , and leanin ' wi ' thae extraordinar ' chowks o ' his , that aften seem to me amaist as expressive as his pile o ...
... look , lauch , or speech -or rather a ' the three thegither in ane , while Sir Walter himsell keckled on his chair , and leanin ' wi ' thae extraordinar ' chowks o ' his , that aften seem to me amaist as expressive as his pile o ...
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... look at him , James — yes , look at our Dr Wodrow- SHEPHERD . And look , I beseech you , at his pew o ' weans . NORTH . All the most distinguished poets of the age in Britain , are either middle- aged , or elderly , or old gentlemen ...
... look at him , James — yes , look at our Dr Wodrow- SHEPHERD . And look , I beseech you , at his pew o ' weans . NORTH . All the most distinguished poets of the age in Britain , are either middle- aged , or elderly , or old gentlemen ...
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... look o ' baith its pawrents mysteriously blended in its sleeping smiles . I am mute . NORTH . SHEPHERD . I wush it wou'd only chap twal - for I'm gettin ' desperate hungry . Ha ! there's the warnin ' - in three minutes we sall see the ...
... look o ' baith its pawrents mysteriously blended in its sleeping smiles . I am mute . NORTH . SHEPHERD . I wush it wou'd only chap twal - for I'm gettin ' desperate hungry . Ha ! there's the warnin ' - in three minutes we sall see the ...
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SHEPHERD . Nae fears . Look at the brodd . NORTH . " The conviction that such an indestructible essence exists , the belief ex- pressed by the poet in a different sense , non omnis moriar , must infer the existence of , " & c . " Some ...
SHEPHERD . Nae fears . Look at the brodd . NORTH . " The conviction that such an indestructible essence exists , the belief ex- pressed by the poet in a different sense , non omnis moriar , must infer the existence of , " & c . " Some ...
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... Look at you , did I ? Well , sir , a cat may look at a king . " This said in a tone of sneer : and then , with sneer and strut at once , “ I trust , sir , —humbly , I take leave to suppose , sir , that Dr Parr is not so obscure a person ...
... Look at you , did I ? Well , sir , a cat may look at a king . " This said in a tone of sneer : and then , with sneer and strut at once , “ I trust , sir , —humbly , I take leave to suppose , sir , that Dr Parr is not so obscure a person ...
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