The Quarterly Review, Volume 138John Murray, 1875 - English literature |
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The direction was already given to his mind : the taint or tendency was too deeply
ingrained to be eradicated ; and Lord Bathurst may be excused for not discerning
a capacity for better things in a man to whom the management of a Royal ...
The direction was already given to his mind : the taint or tendency was too deeply
ingrained to be eradicated ; and Lord Bathurst may be excused for not discerning
a capacity for better things in a man to whom the management of a Royal ...
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Shortly before his death , he was much troubled in his mind about the Journal :
being undecided what to do with it , and apprehensive that portions ought not to
see the light during the living generation , or the next , or not at all . He stated ...
Shortly before his death , he was much troubled in his mind about the Journal :
being undecided what to do with it , and apprehensive that portions ought not to
see the light during the living generation , or the next , or not at all . He stated ...
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This was not said once or twice ; it was constantly before the King ' s mind , and
he referred to it again and again . ' Sir Herbert Taylor and our informant expected
an explosion on account of this , the fixed idea which possessed their royal ...
This was not said once or twice ; it was constantly before the King ' s mind , and
he referred to it again and again . ' Sir Herbert Taylor and our informant expected
an explosion on account of this , the fixed idea which possessed their royal ...
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From so much as I have read in extracts of the “ Greville Memoirs , ” I consider
that Mr . Greville knew nothing whatever of the mind of William IV . Of his
truthfulness , kind - heartedness , attention to business , simplicity of life ,
tenderness to the ...
From so much as I have read in extracts of the “ Greville Memoirs , ” I consider
that Mr . Greville knew nothing whatever of the mind of William IV . Of his
truthfulness , kind - heartedness , attention to business , simplicity of life ,
tenderness to the ...
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On the contrary , he had made up his mind that he had a great deal to gain or
lose by them ; that half , if not the whole , of his income was at stake . He worked
with might and main for the party that was least hostile to sinecures ; and he
came ...
On the contrary , he had made up his mind that he had a great deal to gain or
lose by them ; that half , if not the whole , of his income was at stake . He worked
with might and main for the party that was least hostile to sinecures ; and he
came ...
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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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