The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 - English literature |
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... thought that his own for elegant pleasures . The same kind of hilarity at the banquets of his political character is to be traced in every genera- friends was really a public service at pe- tion ; and ages after the men we have been ...
... thought that his own for elegant pleasures . The same kind of hilarity at the banquets of his political character is to be traced in every genera- friends was really a public service at pe- tion ; and ages after the men we have been ...
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... thought a master of words , that army , which was thus : -The Romans , when their generals did speak to their army , did use the word " Milites , " but when the magistrates spake to the people , they did use the word " Quirites . " The ...
... thought a master of words , that army , which was thus : -The Romans , when their generals did speak to their army , did use the word " Milites , " but when the magistrates spake to the people , they did use the word " Quirites . " The ...
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... thought himself the head of the great house of Scaliger of Verona ; he was proud , because he felt himself intellectually among the leading minds of Europe . He had the haughtiness of a grandee blended with the haughtiness of a college ...
... thought himself the head of the great house of Scaliger of Verona ; he was proud , because he felt himself intellectually among the leading minds of Europe . He had the haughtiness of a grandee blended with the haughtiness of a college ...
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... thought Scott's conversation common - place ; the truth being that it was rich in ease , sense , and humour ; while theirs was like the breakfasts in military novels , which seem to consist chiefly of devilled kidneys , grilled bones ...
... thought Scott's conversation common - place ; the truth being that it was rich in ease , sense , and humour ; while theirs was like the breakfasts in military novels , which seem to consist chiefly of devilled kidneys , grilled bones ...
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... thoughts for their publishers . To this , however , there are striking exceptions , and it may be urged that some of ... thought as any other part of a man's humanity , and that it is ridiculous to send your mind abroad in a state of ...
... thoughts for their publishers . To this , however , there are striking exceptions , and it may be urged that some of ... thought as any other part of a man's humanity , and that it is ridiculous to send your mind abroad in a state of ...
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