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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... situations as the natural prizes of emi- nent and probably laborious service in those respective lines ; nor can they help deeming such dignities to be very inappropriate re- wards for achievements of a purely academical character . It ...
... situations as the natural prizes of emi- nent and probably laborious service in those respective lines ; nor can they help deeming such dignities to be very inappropriate re- wards for achievements of a purely academical character . It ...
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... situation , that of a barbarian community presents , in almost every respect , a direct contrast . Its supplies are always precarious , and occasionally liable to the most alarining defalca- tions . When a great deficiency occurs , such ...
... situation , that of a barbarian community presents , in almost every respect , a direct contrast . Its supplies are always precarious , and occasionally liable to the most alarining defalca- tions . When a great deficiency occurs , such ...
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... situation seems to have compelled his nature to some acts of policy , not very dissimilar from those which have immortalized cer- tain other eminent members of the same brotherhood . He took measures , as our author informs us , to ...
... situation seems to have compelled his nature to some acts of policy , not very dissimilar from those which have immortalized cer- tain other eminent members of the same brotherhood . He took measures , as our author informs us , to ...
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... situation , character , and talents , have considerable weight in the country ; and who might , if they thought fit , excite spirit and vigour in the same degree as they now create despondency and fear . They do not , it is true ...
... situation , character , and talents , have considerable weight in the country ; and who might , if they thought fit , excite spirit and vigour in the same degree as they now create despondency and fear . They do not , it is true ...
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... situation which the Swedes have lately thought fit to confer upon Bernadotte , should have changed his character and disposition , that nation will soon have cause to execrate his rapacity , and deplore their own imprudence . It is ...
... situation which the Swedes have lately thought fit to confer upon Bernadotte , should have changed his character and disposition , that nation will soon have cause to execrate his rapacity , and deplore their own imprudence . It is ...
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