The Quarterly Review, Volumes 237-238William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1922 - English literature |
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... the coffee - houses . Never was the drinking of coffee more fashionable than in his day . The custom was then of comparatively recent origin . When John Evelyn was a fellow - commoner of Balliol College , Oxford , where ( 18 )
... the coffee - houses . Never was the drinking of coffee more fashionable than in his day . The custom was then of comparatively recent origin . When John Evelyn was a fellow - commoner of Balliol College , Oxford , where ( 18 )
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... never , boy ! Up to the walls of Paris directly ' - with other deep reflexions of the same nature . By the time that the Spectator , still following up the scent , had penetrated into the heart of the city , he discovered that the views ...
... never , boy ! Up to the walls of Paris directly ' - with other deep reflexions of the same nature . By the time that the Spectator , still following up the scent , had penetrated into the heart of the city , he discovered that the views ...
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... never united for self - defence . For centuries they had been regarded as fair game by their warlike Abyssinian neighbours , who , when the Galla crops had been harvested , were accustomed to make raids upon these peaceful farmers ...
... never united for self - defence . For centuries they had been regarded as fair game by their warlike Abyssinian neighbours , who , when the Galla crops had been harvested , were accustomed to make raids upon these peaceful farmers ...
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... never conferred on any governor of his own appointment a title so near t his own . His nominees bore the titles of Ras ( com mander - in - chief of a provincial army ) or Dejazmaci ( general ) or Fitaurari ( commander of an advanced ...
... never conferred on any governor of his own appointment a title so near t his own . His nominees bore the titles of Ras ( com mander - in - chief of a provincial army ) or Dejazmaci ( general ) or Fitaurari ( commander of an advanced ...
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... never seriously challenged during his lifetime , but the unity which he gave to his Empire , half of which consisted of recent annexations , was firmly enough rooted to withstand the shocks which So often threatened it during his ...
... never seriously challenged during his lifetime , but the unity which he gave to his Empire , half of which consisted of recent annexations , was firmly enough rooted to withstand the shocks which So often threatened it during his ...
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