Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 28W. Blackwood & Sons, 1830 - Scotland |
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... true , for all I know to the contrary ; if so , however , I appre- hend the bear is generally in an ill- humour with the ants ; because , wherever I have met with any of their nests at which the bear had been feeding , they had most com ...
... true , for all I know to the contrary ; if so , however , I appre- hend the bear is generally in an ill- humour with the ants ; because , wherever I have met with any of their nests at which the bear had been feeding , they had most com ...
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... true from false as easily as you would do a sweet from a water melon , is always trying to persuade thoughtless fel- lows , both Mussulmans and Arme- nians , to go and fetch it for him . The former go for gold , the latter generally for ...
... true from false as easily as you would do a sweet from a water melon , is always trying to persuade thoughtless fel- lows , both Mussulmans and Arme- nians , to go and fetch it for him . The former go for gold , the latter generally for ...
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... true that your slave did entertain a hope of recover- ing his lost wife - for such is Annah already in the face of Heaven . In so far has he deceived your lordship- but in all other matters he had re- solved to conduct himself as a ...
... true that your slave did entertain a hope of recover- ing his lost wife - for such is Annah already in the face of Heaven . In so far has he deceived your lordship- but in all other matters he had re- solved to conduct himself as a ...
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... true your dreams are at certain times ! " " Aye , hinny ! an ' did you ever hear me say that sic an ' sic a dream was true when it turned out to be otherwise ? Na , never i ' your life . An ' as for folk to say that there's nae truth in ...
... true your dreams are at certain times ! " " Aye , hinny ! an ' did you ever hear me say that sic an ' sic a dream was true when it turned out to be otherwise ? Na , never i ' your life . An ' as for folk to say that there's nae truth in ...
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... true . But Linton told them , he cared nothing for their evi- dence against a Scot ; " for it was weel enough kend that the Englishers war a ' grit leears , an ' wad swear to ony thing that suited them ; but let him aince get Adam ...
... true . But Linton told them , he cared nothing for their evi- dence against a Scot ; " for it was weel enough kend that the Englishers war a ' grit leears , an ' wad swear to ony thing that suited them ; but let him aince get Adam ...
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