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Page 20
Many who were supported by her bounty soon deserted her interest , and those
who were faithful to her were persecuted even to death , under the pretext of law ,
by a party who sought to bestow her hand on one of the many pretenders to it .
Many who were supported by her bounty soon deserted her interest , and those
who were faithful to her were persecuted even to death , under the pretext of law ,
by a party who sought to bestow her hand on one of the many pretenders to it .
Page 140
In matters of taste or convenience , conviction is comparatively soon wrought :
pride , indeed , or prejudice , - - habit , or ignorance , may , for a while , impede
the progress of improvement ; but man discerns his interest in these minor affairs
...
In matters of taste or convenience , conviction is comparatively soon wrought :
pride , indeed , or prejudice , - - habit , or ignorance , may , for a while , impede
the progress of improvement ; but man discerns his interest in these minor affairs
...
Page 284
Sir Walter Scott , the great unknown , has deepened the fame of Porteous ; and
Paley has cast some additional interest over the bone - mystery of Aram . We are
desirous of concluding with a few remarks , and must therefore despatch our ...
Sir Walter Scott , the great unknown , has deepened the fame of Porteous ; and
Paley has cast some additional interest over the bone - mystery of Aram . We are
desirous of concluding with a few remarks , and must therefore despatch our ...
Page 289
The wondrous scenes of the several tragedies are “ familiar to us as household
words . " We read of Leicester - square - - of Fleet - street - of St . Giles ' s - - of
Rotherhithe - with a double interest , because we have visited the very stones of
the ...
The wondrous scenes of the several tragedies are “ familiar to us as household
words . " We read of Leicester - square - - of Fleet - street - of St . Giles ' s - - of
Rotherhithe - with a double interest , because we have visited the very stones of
the ...
Page 345
The Atheist ' s Tragedy possesses no scene of equal interest with those we have
before quoted , nor indeed any scene of impassioned interest , - its value is in its
insulated beauties , and they are not very thickly sown . Although the date of its ...
The Atheist ' s Tragedy possesses no scene of equal interest with those we have
before quoted , nor indeed any scene of impassioned interest , - its value is in its
insulated beauties , and they are not very thickly sown . Although the date of its ...
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| Title | The Retrospective Review.., Volume 7 |
| Editor | Henry Southern |
| Contributors | David Sampson Maurice, Charles and Henry Baldwyn |
| Publisher | Charles and Henry Baldwyn, Newgate Street., 1823 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 14 Aug 2007 |
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