The St. James's Magazine and United Empire Review, Volume 36A.H. Moxon, 1879 |
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... Alaric Finan- 186 cial 25. - Mr.Kannyman 192 26. Mr. Kannyman is Inquisitive 196 27. - Moss Politic - 261 28. - Philip in the Country - 265 29. - Philip goes Fishing 268 30. - Pearl at the - Greyhound 270 31. - What the Moon - Saw - 32 ...
... Alaric Finan- 186 cial 25. - Mr.Kannyman 192 26. Mr. Kannyman is Inquisitive 196 27. - Moss Politic - 261 28. - Philip in the Country - 265 29. - Philip goes Fishing 268 30. - Pearl at the - Greyhound 270 31. - What the Moon - Saw - 32 ...
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... Alaric . Alaric , the man whose hand- some horror - stricken face had haunted him ever since he first beheld it a few nights ago , under the eves of the Crown and Candle , with whose dark history he had unwillingly become a little ...
... Alaric . Alaric , the man whose hand- some horror - stricken face had haunted him ever since he first beheld it a few nights ago , under the eves of the Crown and Candle , with whose dark history he had unwillingly become a little ...
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... Alaric Fane . Alaric Fane ! " called the same voice , " here : is Miss Aldair proclaiming herself an acquaintance of your fellow water - rat . Why , it's quite a night of adventure . Bring him home to the Lodge , Bring him home , Hubert ...
... Alaric Fane . Alaric Fane ! " called the same voice , " here : is Miss Aldair proclaiming herself an acquaintance of your fellow water - rat . Why , it's quite a night of adventure . Bring him home to the Lodge , Bring him home , Hubert ...
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... Alaric Fane gave his great shaggy head a shake like some Newfoundland dog , then dipped his blades in the water and followed . " Hold , " he exclaimed , suddenly resting , " you had better take an oar or you will catch cold . By the way ...
... Alaric Fane gave his great shaggy head a shake like some Newfoundland dog , then dipped his blades in the water and followed . " Hold , " he exclaimed , suddenly resting , " you had better take an oar or you will catch cold . By the way ...
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... Alaric Fane , very much at your service and the Devil's . Here we are , ship your oar , t'other end forward , so . Lord , won't I be just glad to temper some of the Thames water in my stomach with a bottle of Cotton's Cognac ! " They ...
... Alaric Fane , very much at your service and the Devil's . Here we are , ship your oar , t'other end forward , so . Lord , won't I be just glad to temper some of the Thames water in my stomach with a bottle of Cotton's Cognac ! " They ...
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Page 43 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.
Page 299 - The western wind was wild and dank with foam, And all alone went she. The western tide crept up along the sand, And o'er and o'er the sand, And round and round the sand, As far as eye could see. The rolling mist came down and hid the land : And never home came she.
Page 303 - Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long : And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
Page 49 - The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept. Were toiling upward in the night.
Page 115 - To th' instruments divine respondence meet; The silver-sounding instruments did meet With the base murmur of the waters' fall ; The waters' fall with difference discreet, Now soft, now loud, unto the wind did call; The gentle warbling wind low answered to all.
Page 115 - And all about old stocks and stubs of trees, Whereon nor fruit nor leaf was ever seen, Did hang upon the ragged rocky knees ; On which had many wretches hanged been, Whose carcases were scattered on the green, And thrown about the cliffs.
Page 301 - Out of all the seas: But the black North-easter, Through the snowstorm hurled, Drives our English hearts of oak Seaward round the world. Come, as came our fathers...
Page 49 - We have not wings, we cannot soar; But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
Page 115 - Disordred hong about his shoulders round, And hid his face ; through which his hollow eyne Lookt deadly dull, and stared as astound ; His raw-bone cheekes, through penurie and pine, Were shronke into his jawes, as he did never dine.
Page 299 - Dee." They rowed her in across the rolling foam, The cruel crawling foam, The cruel hungry foam, To her grave beside the sea: But still the boatmen hear her call the cattle home Across the sands of Dee.