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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... perhaps the most unfortunate king who ever reigned ; he outlived power and wealth and friends ; he saw all who had loved him perish for his sake , [ and , to crown all , the son , the last and dearest of the great house from which he ...
... perhaps the most unfortunate king who ever reigned ; he outlived power and wealth and friends ; he saw all who had loved him perish for his sake , [ and , to crown all , the son , the last and dearest of the great house from which he ...
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... perhaps best known in connection with his prophecy that Robert Walpole ( whose bust is now to be seen on the walls of the room ) would turn out a good orator . ' Newborough enjoyed the reputation of being a suc- cessful governor and ...
... perhaps best known in connection with his prophecy that Robert Walpole ( whose bust is now to be seen on the walls of the room ) would turn out a good orator . ' Newborough enjoyed the reputation of being a suc- cessful governor and ...
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... perhaps Best remembered at Eton as ' mad Shelley , ' and there would seem to be a vague idea that he left the school early . It is said that Shelley himself imagined he had been sent away from Eton . The neglect of his memory there is ...
... perhaps Best remembered at Eton as ' mad Shelley , ' and there would seem to be a vague idea that he left the school early . It is said that Shelley himself imagined he had been sent away from Eton . The neglect of his memory there is ...
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... perhaps be found in the fact that the days in which Keate lived were the last great days of make - believe . It has even been said that Keate expected boys to tell lies to him , as a tribute of respect to his position . We do not ...
... perhaps be found in the fact that the days in which Keate lived were the last great days of make - believe . It has even been said that Keate expected boys to tell lies to him , as a tribute of respect to his position . We do not ...
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... perhaps have been avoided , if , twenty years ago , the Emperor Frederick had been enabled to carry out his projects for free constitutional development , and for the gradual extension of local self - govern- ment and industrial freedom ...
... perhaps have been avoided , if , twenty years ago , the Emperor Frederick had been enabled to carry out his projects for free constitutional development , and for the gradual extension of local self - govern- ment and industrial freedom ...
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