The Windsor Magazine, Τόμος 13

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Ward, Lock and Bowden, Limited, 1901
 

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Σελίδα 618 - He stood not on the order of his going, but went at once, and at daylight Johnson and the Marylanders struck his trail. During the whole day they incessantly charged his rear guard and delayed and hindered his march. The ferry boats on the Pamunkey had all been sunk by Colonel Johnson's order as soon as he was notified of the movement of the enemy's cavalry...
Σελίδα 465 - I held out the prospects of peace and plenty. I found them in cotton ; I told them that, if they would trust me, I would clothe them in silk. Their rule had resulted in failure ; I offered them advisers who would restore order from chaos without curtailing their sovereignty.
Σελίδα 573 - Little drops of water, Little grains of sand Make the mighty ocean, And the pleasant land.
Σελίδα 454 - Request and require, in the name of Her Majesty, all those whom it may concern to allow
Σελίδα 294 - You should have asked me at the time," said I. " Anyhow, you were quite depressed for a month afterwards — Mrs. Hilary said so." " Occasionally," I remarked, " Mrs. Hilary does me justice. I should have been depressed only " "Only what?" " Thankfulness supervened," said I. " Then you did nearly " " Oh, well, I was a little tempted, perhaps." " You oughtn't to yield to temptation." " Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd,
Σελίδα 95 - There is no doubt," writes a correspondent of Dr. Lee, " about the reality of the noises at Glamis Castle. On one occasion, some years ago, the head of the family, ,with several companions/ was determined to investigate the cause. One night, when the disturbance was greater, and more violent and alarming than usual...
Σελίδα 465 - I sought interviews with them, and pointed out the effect of the evils from which the country was suffering. Their real interests were peace, trade, and the opening up of their country. In place of anarchy and irregular revenues, I held out the prospects of peace and plenty. I found them in cotton; I told them that, if they would trust me, I would clothe them in silk. Their...
Σελίδα 102 - On the evening of his visit the weather is always wild and tempestuous. There is no moon to light the lonely roads, and the residents of the district do not venture out of their cottages. When the wind howls the loudest the horseman can be heard dashing up the road at full speed, and after crossing the narrow bridge he suddenly stops at the door of the Hall. The rider then dismounts and makes his way up the broad oaken...
Σελίδα 468 - ... standing as we do here on the grave of ancient empires, let it be now our mission, gentlemen, to gather together their scattered fragments and form them into the cradle of a new and fair dominion, federated in justice and morality, and which will exceed in usefulness to mankind, and in honor to our nation and faith, all that has preceded it on these shores.
Σελίδα 102 - ... their devoted attachment only served to increase his rage, and he dismissed the supplicants with the most bitter denunciations. " No daughter of his should ever be united to the son of a family which had deserted its ancestral faith," and he forbade the youth his presence for ever.

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