The Quarterly Review, Volume 171William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1890 - English literature |
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... means of judging ; at any rate it has been a prominent characteristic of the public school system ever since that time , though it has never been carried so far at Eton as in other schools . Other common features are the system of ...
... means of judging ; at any rate it has been a prominent characteristic of the public school system ever since that time , though it has never been carried so far at Eton as in other schools . Other common features are the system of ...
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... mean no more than that he was the means of the King's bounty being bestowed upon Cambridge rather than Oxford . Many of the immediate friends or guides of his youth were connected more or less directly with Wykeham ; Cardinal Beaufort ...
... mean no more than that he was the means of the King's bounty being bestowed upon Cambridge rather than Oxford . Many of the immediate friends or guides of his youth were connected more or less directly with Wykeham ; Cardinal Beaufort ...
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... means extremely small . A large estate was incompatible with his slender income . But his farm at Bornstedt was a favourite amusement with him , and in his village school , or at his village treats , his kindly simple nature was seen at ...
... means extremely small . A large estate was incompatible with his slender income . But his farm at Bornstedt was a favourite amusement with him , and in his village school , or at his village treats , his kindly simple nature was seen at ...
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... means a smart officer on parade ; in war he discharged the duties of a general excellently , for the simple reason that he implicitly relied upon the chief of his staff , while he himself willingly accepted the responsibility and ...
... means a smart officer on parade ; in war he discharged the duties of a general excellently , for the simple reason that he implicitly relied upon the chief of his staff , while he himself willingly accepted the responsibility and ...
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... means , whether through carelessness or through treachery he does not specify , -important secrets of the German military movements reached the French com- manders . Both the Empress Frederick and Princess Alice , * As Freytag's ...
... means , whether through carelessness or through treachery he does not specify , -important secrets of the German military movements reached the French com- manders . Both the Empress Frederick and Princess Alice , * As Freytag's ...
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