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... result which Frances hoped . " The lettuce is so crisp and young , that makes it a little better , ' she said with the air of a connoisseur . " A little better is not the word ; it is very good , ' he said fretfully ; then added with a ...
... result which Frances hoped . " The lettuce is so crisp and young , that makes it a little better , ' she said with the air of a connoisseur . " A little better is not the word ; it is very good , ' he said fretfully ; then added with a ...
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... result . I sent Quayle off to the matron , and told Dolomski to follow me up to my desk . ' Ivan , ' I said , ' don't you know that this sort of thing can't be allowed in an English school ? ' ' Don't they know that a boy's desk is his ...
... result . I sent Quayle off to the matron , and told Dolomski to follow me up to my desk . ' Ivan , ' I said , ' don't you know that this sort of thing can't be allowed in an English school ? ' ' Don't they know that a boy's desk is his ...
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... result too soon con- firmed their fears . From being in perfect health , in a few hours he was a memory of the past ; and one of the saddest sights was the distracted grief of the parents for their only son . Sadder if anything was the ...
... result too soon con- firmed their fears . From being in perfect health , in a few hours he was a memory of the past ; and one of the saddest sights was the distracted grief of the parents for their only son . Sadder if anything was the ...
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... result , despite the free use of sweet- meats . During a long residence in the country , I have on many occasions observed and experi- enced the value of native herbs and medicines . The mention of these to medical men , however , have ...
... result , despite the free use of sweet- meats . During a long residence in the country , I have on many occasions observed and experi- enced the value of native herbs and medicines . The mention of these to medical men , however , have ...
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... result not so much of poverty , as ignorance of cooking and domestic management on the part of wives and mothers - lack of time also , for most of them work in the mills . The drink demon finds a further ally in the hot and thirst ...
... result not so much of poverty , as ignorance of cooking and domestic management on the part of wives and mothers - lack of time also , for most of them work in the mills . The drink demon finds a further ally in the hot and thirst ...
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Page 31 - Amen : A second he took she departed what then ? He married and buried a third with Amen. Thus his joys and his sorrows were Treble but then His Voice was deep Bass as he sung out Amen. On the Horn he could blow as well as most men So his Horn was exalted in blowing Amen.
Page 30 - Regiment of Foot, In different parts of Europe, And in the year 1745, fought under the command Of the Duke of Cumberland, At the Battle of Fontenoy, Where she received a Bayonet Wound in her arm.
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Page 177 - If a person, immediately after swallowing a solution of a crystalline salt, which tasted purely and strongly acid, is attacked with burning in the throat, then with burning in the stomach, vomiting particularly of bloody matter, imperceptible pulse, and excessive languor, and dies in half an hour, or still more in twenty, fifteen, or ten minutes, I do not know any fallacy which can interfere with the conclusion, that oxalic acid was the cause of death.
Page 340 - Provided that nothing in this section contained shall extend to any second marriage contracted elsewhere than in England and Ireland by any other than a subject of Her Majesty, or to any person marrying a second time whose husband or wife shall have been continually absent from such person for the space of seven years then last past, and shall not have been known by such person to be living within that time...
Page 343 - We were, — a man that writes for Lord Royston ; a man that writes for Dr. Burton of York ; a third that writes for the Emperor of Germany, or Dr. Pocock, for he speaks the worst English I ever heard ; Dr.
Page 31 - Westminster fedd me, Cambridge sped me, my Sister wed me,* Study taught me, Living sought me, Learning brought me, Kendal caught me, Labour pressed me, sickness distressed me, Death oppressed me, and grave possessed me, God first gave me, Christ did save me, Earth did crave me, and Heaven would have me.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Chambers's Edinburgh journal, conducted by W. Chambers. [Continued as] Chambers's Journal of popular literature, science and arts |
| Author | Chambers's journal |
| Published | 1885 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 24 Nov 2006 |
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