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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... instance at least , to divert a considerable portion of the intelligence of his subjects from political inquiries ; partly as it may place him in a popular and engaging point of view ; and , above all , as it may surround him with able ...
... instance at least , to divert a considerable portion of the intelligence of his subjects from political inquiries ; partly as it may place him in a popular and engaging point of view ; and , above all , as it may surround him with able ...
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... instance , to the former task , we here bid adieu , for a short interval , to all our idler , lighter , and fairer readers , intreating them to wind round the base of the rugged ascent which they be- hold us about to climb , and ...
... instance , to the former task , we here bid adieu , for a short interval , to all our idler , lighter , and fairer readers , intreating them to wind round the base of the rugged ascent which they be- hold us about to climb , and ...
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... instance , to the kings of the race of Hercules , it is the consenting report , as Freret observes , of all an- tiquity , that , through the whole of the period now in question , the sovereignties of Sparta , Messene , Corinth , Arcadia ...
... instance , to the kings of the race of Hercules , it is the consenting report , as Freret observes , of all an- tiquity , that , through the whole of the period now in question , the sovereignties of Sparta , Messene , Corinth , Arcadia ...
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... instance , indeed , it is farther worthy of obser- vation , that early marriages and violent deaths reduced the average length of reigns considerably below thirty years . Otherwise , the case may be considered as nearly parallel with ...
... instance , indeed , it is farther worthy of obser- vation , that early marriages and violent deaths reduced the average length of reigns considerably below thirty years . Otherwise , the case may be considered as nearly parallel with ...
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... instance fails , and of an exception which is in every instance exemplified . # kingd It must always be remembered , that we are here speaking of the world as it actually is . If men lived two or three hundred years or more , it would ...
... instance fails , and of an exception which is in every instance exemplified . # kingd It must always be remembered , that we are here speaking of the world as it actually is . If men lived two or three hundred years or more , it would ...
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