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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... manner in which it is actually applied , will probably afford a clearer insight into its nature than the most precise definition . Miltiades , the son of Cypselus , established a sort of sovereignty in the Chersonese , about 560 years ...
... manner in which it is actually applied , will probably afford a clearer insight into its nature than the most precise definition . Miltiades , the son of Cypselus , established a sort of sovereignty in the Chersonese , about 560 years ...
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... manner such per- sons may derive benefit from the examination , we shall be able more conveniently to explain hereafter . In the interim , we frankly acknowledge that to this class of doubters we ourselves belong ; and , with every ...
... manner such per- sons may derive benefit from the examination , we shall be able more conveniently to explain hereafter . In the interim , we frankly acknowledge that to this class of doubters we ourselves belong ; and , with every ...
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... manner by M. Clavier . But here it is particularly to be observed , that the majority of the genealogies so computed , are royal genealogies . That is , they are certain recorded successions of kings , of which , we are told , that they ...
... manner by M. Clavier . But here it is particularly to be observed , that the majority of the genealogies so computed , are royal genealogies . That is , they are certain recorded successions of kings , of which , we are told , that they ...
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... manner in which we stated this question at the outset , the grand defence , which the advocates of the vulgar chronology have set up against the objections just stated , will have been anti- cipated . They contend that those objections ...
... manner in which we stated this question at the outset , the grand defence , which the advocates of the vulgar chronology have set up against the objections just stated , will have been anti- cipated . They contend that those objections ...
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... manner is its truth demonstrated by asserting that it , in fact , supposes those successions to have been lineal ? This in- volves the very point in which its alleged falsehood consists ; and to urge this as an answer to the charge , is ...
... manner is its truth demonstrated by asserting that it , in fact , supposes those successions to have been lineal ? This in- volves the very point in which its alleged falsehood consists ; and to urge this as an answer to the charge , is ...
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