The Quarterly Review, Volume 5William 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, 1811 - English literature |
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... given to that question , excepting as to one description of studies , those of political philosophy . To a class of mental pur- suits , immediately conversant with the foundations of government , it is impossible that a government which ...
... given to that question , excepting as to one description of studies , those of political philosophy . To a class of mental pur- suits , immediately conversant with the foundations of government , it is impossible that a government which ...
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... given to understand in the preliminary discourse , the title - page much under - states the value of our author's speculations : Cet essai pourra servir d'introduction à toutes les histoires de la Grèce qui ont paru jusqu'à présent , et ...
... given to understand in the preliminary discourse , the title - page much under - states the value of our author's speculations : Cet essai pourra servir d'introduction à toutes les histoires de la Grèce qui ont paru jusqu'à présent , et ...
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... given regal succession has proceeded in the direct line , so far , generally speak → ing , it has been governed by the genealogical rule of three steps to a century . But , with the utmost deference to the acknowledged and undeniable ...
... given regal succession has proceeded in the direct line , so far , generally speak → ing , it has been governed by the genealogical rule of three steps to a century . But , with the utmost deference to the acknowledged and undeniable ...
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... given , is sown thick with interruptions , chiefly indeed from deposals and usurpations . On the other hand , let us observe what we are called to believe in the Grecian history . First , there were two consociate races of Spartan kings ...
... given , is sown thick with interruptions , chiefly indeed from deposals and usurpations . On the other hand , let us observe what we are called to believe in the Grecian history . First , there were two consociate races of Spartan kings ...
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... given , of the occasional rashness of Dr. Hales on this subject . On the contrary , the criticism with which he immedi- ately follows up the foregoing , differs from it , as might easily be shewn , very little , excepting that it is ...
... given , of the occasional rashness of Dr. Hales on this subject . On the contrary , the criticism with which he immedi- ately follows up the foregoing , differs from it , as might easily be shewn , very little , excepting that it is ...
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