The Quarterly Review, Volume 138John Murray, 1875 - English literature |
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... but until that ceases to exist it is in vain that I acquire every other advantage or
possess the means of amusement . March 22nd . — I was sworn in the day
before yesterday , and kissed hands at a Council at Carlton House yesterday
morning ...
... but until that ceases to exist it is in vain that I acquire every other advantage or
possess the means of amusement . March 22nd . — I was sworn in the day
before yesterday , and kissed hands at a Council at Carlton House yesterday
morning ...
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said Lord Melbourne , laying down his razor , “ what do you mean ? ” “ I mean , ” I
replied , “ that the King is dying ; he will never leave Windsor alive . ” Lord
Melbourne looked thunderstruck . “ Why , ” he said , “ I have never heard a word
of this ...
said Lord Melbourne , laying down his razor , “ what do you mean ? ” “ I mean , ” I
replied , “ that the King is dying ; he will never leave Windsor alive . ” Lord
Melbourne looked thunderstruck . “ Why , ” he said , “ I have never heard a word
of this ...
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The history of Tom Duncombe and his speech is instructive as well as amusing ,
for it is a curious proof of the facility with which the world may be deceived , and
of the prodigious effect which may be produced by the smallest means , if they
are ...
The history of Tom Duncombe and his speech is instructive as well as amusing ,
for it is a curious proof of the facility with which the world may be deceived , and
of the prodigious effect which may be produced by the smallest means , if they
are ...
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I believe their object to be as impure as the means by which their power has
been acquired , and I denounce them and their agents as unknown to the British
Constitution and derogatory to the honour of the Crown . " He trusted that the
Duke of ...
I believe their object to be as impure as the means by which their power has
been acquired , and I denounce them and their agents as unknown to the British
Constitution and derogatory to the honour of the Crown . " He trusted that the
Duke of ...
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He returned shortly afterwards , and the attack is mentioned in his Memoirs as '
having proved the means of establishing him still more firmly in the estimation of
his sovereign and his friends . The letters to him from George IV . and the rest of ...
He returned shortly afterwards , and the attack is mentioned in his Memoirs as '
having proved the means of establishing him still more firmly in the estimation of
his sovereign and his friends . The letters to him from George IV . and the rest of ...
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Page 170 - No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
Page 417 - I think they have done right in giving exemplary damages; to enter a man's house by virtue of a nameless warrant, in order to procure evidence, is worse than the Spanish inquisition ; a law under which no Englishman would wish to live an hour...
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Page 31 - I am sorry to hurt any man's feelings, and to brush away the magnificent fabric of levity and gaiety he has reared; but I accuse our minister of honesty and diligence ; I deny that he is careless or rash : he is nothing more than a man of good understanding, and good principle, disguised in the eternal and somewhat wearisome affectation of a political roue.
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Page 12 - They all have situations in the King's household, from which they receive their pay, while they continue in the service of the Conynghams. They dine every day while in London at St. James's, and when they give a dinner it is cooked at St. James's and brought up to Hamilton Place in hackney coaches and in machines made expressly for the purpose ; there is merely a fire lit in their kitchen for such things as must be heated on the spot.
Page 537 - It may easily be conceived, that the difference of temperature between the subterraneous and the external air attains it's maximum about sunrise, or at that moment which is at the same time farthest from the period of the maximum of the heat of the preceding day.
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 138 |
| Contributors | William 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 |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1875 |
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