Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 28W. Blackwood & Sons, 1830 - Scotland |
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Page 16
... character ; and when he has kill- ed and partly eaten a horse or cow , he is very shy of returning to the car- cass . Gälls are frequently erected over such carcasses ; but the Elk , in one instance , after watching for a fortnight ...
... character ; and when he has kill- ed and partly eaten a horse or cow , he is very shy of returning to the car- cass . Gälls are frequently erected over such carcasses ; but the Elk , in one instance , after watching for a fortnight ...
Page 23
... character of the Bear , and his work contains much good natural history . Of men and manners , he has also given many interesting sketches ; and we have a clearer conception now than we had before , of Scandinavian scenery and climate ...
... character of the Bear , and his work contains much good natural history . Of men and manners , he has also given many interesting sketches ; and we have a clearer conception now than we had before , of Scandinavian scenery and climate ...
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... character , which flitted through the murky at- mosphere , and fluttered upwards with fierce and uncouth gestures . Muttering an earnest prayer , with a powerful effort he withdrew his eyes , but turning them upwards in hopes of relief ...
... character , which flitted through the murky at- mosphere , and fluttered upwards with fierce and uncouth gestures . Muttering an earnest prayer , with a powerful effort he withdrew his eyes , but turning them upwards in hopes of relief ...
Page 52
... character of a statesman ; and if you be sincere in your surprise at what has followed , you only prove your- self to have been grossly ignorant of consequences which the lowest clerk in your own office could have laid before you . You ...
... character of a statesman ; and if you be sincere in your surprise at what has followed , you only prove your- self to have been grossly ignorant of consequences which the lowest clerk in your own office could have laid before you . You ...
Page 54
... character , than the shift- ing , equivocating , ducking , half - and- half knave , who has all the moral laxity of a rogue in his composition , without the bold energy which con- stitutes a hero , even in a bad cause . Do not imagine I ...
... character , than the shift- ing , equivocating , ducking , half - and- half knave , who has all the moral laxity of a rogue in his composition , without the bold energy which con- stitutes a hero , even in a bad cause . Do not imagine I ...
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