Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 96W. Blackwood., 1864 - England |
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... course , these and simi- lar prejudices will give way to time . We have our Probate Court ; and the phrase co - respondent is now familiar as a household word . Now , howevertempting the theme , I am not going to inquire whether we have ...
... course , these and simi- lar prejudices will give way to time . We have our Probate Court ; and the phrase co - respondent is now familiar as a household word . Now , howevertempting the theme , I am not going to inquire whether we have ...
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... course , be seen " punting " at the play - table at Ems ; but here is a legitimate game which all may join in , and where , certainly , the anxiety that is said to impart the chief ecstasy to the gamester's passion rises to the very ...
... course , be seen " punting " at the play - table at Ems ; but here is a legitimate game which all may join in , and where , certainly , the anxiety that is said to impart the chief ecstasy to the gamester's passion rises to the very ...
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... course of time taught him seamanship . And so , after six years in a midshipman's berth , he faced his examiners with a beating and anxious heart , only too thankful if he passed through the dreaded ordeal , and received the precious ...
... course of time taught him seamanship . And so , after six years in a midshipman's berth , he faced his examiners with a beating and anxious heart , only too thankful if he passed through the dreaded ordeal , and received the precious ...
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... course not to such an extent defi- cient in educational acquirements ; but as they went to sea at the age of fifteen at latest , their proficiency at an after period depended to a great extent upon how they kept up the knowledge they ...
... course not to such an extent defi- cient in educational acquirements ; but as they went to sea at the age of fifteen at latest , their proficiency at an after period depended to a great extent upon how they kept up the knowledge they ...
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... course of instruction was ill - calcul- ated to the wants of the Navy - far from it ; a better - digested scheme , one more suitable , could not have been planned ; but the time al- lowed to get through it was far too limited . Two ...
... course of instruction was ill - calcul- ated to the wants of the Navy - far from it ; a better - digested scheme , one more suitable , could not have been planned ; but the time al- lowed to get through it was far too limited . Two ...
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