The Quarterly Review, Volume 19William 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, 1819 - English literature |
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... remains of all which ren- dered Theobalds the favourite palace of two succeeding sovereigns . It is surprising that the elms escaped when the palace was destroyed by parliament in spite even of the commissioners ' report , that it was ...
... remains of all which ren- dered Theobalds the favourite palace of two succeeding sovereigns . It is surprising that the elms escaped when the palace was destroyed by parliament in spite even of the commissioners ' report , that it was ...
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... remains . On taking leave of Virginia , ( he says , ) I must observe , that I found more misery in the condition of the negroes , and a much higher tone of moral feeling in their owners than I had anticipated ; and I depart con- firmed ...
... remains . On taking leave of Virginia , ( he says , ) I must observe , that I found more misery in the condition of the negroes , and a much higher tone of moral feeling in their owners than I had anticipated ; and I depart con- firmed ...
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... remains unsold , which is generally a very large proportion , may be purchased at the land office of the district , at two dollars per acre , one fourth to be paid down , and the remaining three fourths at several instalments , to be ...
... remains unsold , which is generally a very large proportion , may be purchased at the land office of the district , at two dollars per acre , one fourth to be paid down , and the remaining three fourths at several instalments , to be ...
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... remains ; owing , no doubt , to excessive far tigue . Casualties , doubly calamitous in their forlorn estate , would sometimes assail them . He , for instance , had the misfortune to break his leg at a time when his wife was confined by ...
... remains ; owing , no doubt , to excessive far tigue . Casualties , doubly calamitous in their forlorn estate , would sometimes assail them . He , for instance , had the misfortune to break his leg at a time when his wife was confined by ...
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... remains of the merino family , which may be recognised in many places , I perceive that the attempt has been very general . Mutton is almost as abhorrent to an American palate , as the flesh of a swine to an Israelite ; and the state of ...
... remains of the merino family , which may be recognised in many places , I perceive that the attempt has been very general . Mutton is almost as abhorrent to an American palate , as the flesh of a swine to an Israelite ; and the state of ...
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