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Page 53
That Laud assumed the government at a season of peculiar difficulty is
unquestionably true ; and it may be fairly doubted whether that circumstance
does or does not render his conduct susceptible of excuse . Had he been forced
into the ...
That Laud assumed the government at a season of peculiar difficulty is
unquestionably true ; and it may be fairly doubted whether that circumstance
does or does not render his conduct susceptible of excuse . Had he been forced
into the ...
Page 64
The only excuse which we have to offer for contesting this position is , that it is
true . Like other people of great pretensions , kings , poets , warriors ,
philosophers , popular preachers , and inventors of “ patent ” medicines , — so
editors of ...
The only excuse which we have to offer for contesting this position is , that it is
true . Like other people of great pretensions , kings , poets , warriors ,
philosophers , popular preachers , and inventors of “ patent ” medicines , — so
editors of ...
Page 128
... from the lambent flame of true wit , lighting up with new beauty , and irradiating
every object on which it glancesto preserve the senses from being lulled to fatal
repose , by the syren song of well - turned periods , and finely modulated verseto
...
... from the lambent flame of true wit , lighting up with new beauty , and irradiating
every object on which it glancesto preserve the senses from being lulled to fatal
repose , by the syren song of well - turned periods , and finely modulated verseto
...
Page 239
... and the wittiest of historians , the Count Antony Hamilton : there is the famous
outhor ( and true father , we understand ) of Mr . Thomas Jones , " a foundling ; "
to say nothing of Dr . Tobias Smollett , and The History of Friar Gerund .
... and the wittiest of historians , the Count Antony Hamilton : there is the famous
outhor ( and true father , we understand ) of Mr . Thomas Jones , " a foundling ; "
to say nothing of Dr . Tobias Smollett , and The History of Friar Gerund .
Page 296
They now travel to Brie , which the shepherd mistakes for the forests , where he
hopes to lead , alone , a true romantic life . The fair Charité is already here , being
in attendance on her mistress at the castle of one Arontes , and he obtains an ...
They now travel to Brie , which the shepherd mistakes for the forests , where he
hopes to lead , alone , a true romantic life . The fair Charité is already here , being
in attendance on her mistress at the castle of one Arontes , and he obtains an ...
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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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