Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 178W. Blackwood & Sons, 1905 |
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Pagina 10
... interest . This increased by degrees as I went on , telling of the awakening of Japan ; of her adoption of European methods in all things , military and naval included ; of the war with China , and of China's collapse ; of Port Arthur ...
... interest . This increased by degrees as I went on , telling of the awakening of Japan ; of her adoption of European methods in all things , military and naval included ; of the war with China , and of China's collapse ; of Port Arthur ...
Pagina 16
... interest , in a repulsive , extrava- gant , and impracticable guise ? If it is , we must say that , ac- cording to our limited observa- tion , it is lady novelists who are the chief offenders . They occasionally approach the sub- ject ...
... interest , in a repulsive , extrava- gant , and impracticable guise ? If it is , we must say that , ac- cording to our limited observa- tion , it is lady novelists who are the chief offenders . They occasionally approach the sub- ject ...
Pagina 27
... interest in British heraldry . Were the world too busy to take any note of that in which , three hundred years ago , any educated person would have felt ashamed not to be well versed , one might hesitate to stir the dust which has - no ...
... interest in British heraldry . Were the world too busy to take any note of that in which , three hundred years ago , any educated person would have felt ashamed not to be well versed , one might hesitate to stir the dust which has - no ...
Pagina 28
... interest has been awakened in long - neglected lore . Those who take up the study of heraldry find that it has this advantage over other subjects , -it is pre- cise and finite . Precise , though the jargon seems formidable at the start ...
... interest has been awakened in long - neglected lore . Those who take up the study of heraldry find that it has this advantage over other subjects , -it is pre- cise and finite . Precise , though the jargon seems formidable at the start ...
Pagina 39
... interest and variety , not only of festive occasions , but of everyday travel through the country , were they to display when at home their proper banners , often of ancient historic asso- ciation , from the flagstaffs of their mansions ...
... interest and variety , not only of festive occasions , but of everyday travel through the country , were they to display when at home their proper banners , often of ancient historic asso- ciation , from the flagstaffs of their mansions ...
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