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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Page 6
... supposed to have been fixed in part by a computa- tion of the royal genealogies of Greece , at the rate of three de- scents to a century ; and it is on this very ground that Newton has erected against it some of his strongest works ...
... supposed to have been fixed in part by a computa- tion of the royal genealogies of Greece , at the rate of three de- scents to a century ; and it is on this very ground that Newton has erected against it some of his strongest works ...
Page 8
... supposed to have fallen within the times of patriarchal longevity recorded in Scripture ; during which the progress of reigns , like that of genera- tions , must , on the whole , have been decidedly slower than at pre- But it is obvious ...
... supposed to have fallen within the times of patriarchal longevity recorded in Scripture ; during which the progress of reigns , like that of genera- tions , must , on the whole , have been decidedly slower than at pre- But it is obvious ...
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... supposed to be much enhanced when it is under- taken by an uninvited volunteer . Pisistratus was , once and again , expelled from his government and from Athens ; and it is notorious that his final re - instatement was effected by force ...
... supposed to be much enhanced when it is under- taken by an uninvited volunteer . Pisistratus was , once and again , expelled from his government and from Athens ; and it is notorious that his final re - instatement was effected by force ...
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... supposed , an usurper , was a sort of Thrasybulus or Pelopidas , and should be numbered among those glorious assertors of their coun- try's freedom whom the admiration of mankind has enrolled in the very next column of fame to the noble ...
... supposed , an usurper , was a sort of Thrasybulus or Pelopidas , and should be numbered among those glorious assertors of their coun- try's freedom whom the admiration of mankind has enrolled in the very next column of fame to the noble ...
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... supposed to possess an in- herent and actual value , in no degree depending upon the disposi tion or motive of the person who performs them . They are drafts upon Heaven , for which the Gods cannot refuse payment . The worst men , bent ...
... supposed to possess an in- herent and actual value , in no degree depending upon the disposi tion or motive of the person who performs them . They are drafts upon Heaven , for which the Gods cannot refuse payment . The worst men , bent ...
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