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ciation , and about the same time he received a series of letters from General
Wellesley from Calcutta , of which Mr. Kaye says , • There was not another man
living to whom Arthur Wellesley would have written such letters . To say this is to
say ...
ciation , and about the same time he received a series of letters from General
Wellesley from Calcutta , of which Mr. Kaye says , • There was not another man
living to whom Arthur Wellesley would have written such letters . To say this is to
say ...
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It was also alleged that “ they export so much wool , tin , and lead , that English
adventurers can have no living ; ' and the Dutch , or Germans , were especially
complained against because of their importations of large quantities of iron ,
timber ...
It was also alleged that “ they export so much wool , tin , and lead , that English
adventurers can have no living ; ' and the Dutch , or Germans , were especially
complained against because of their importations of large quantities of iron ,
timber ...
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The question remained , why a figure for which no living counterpart could be
found should be a truer embodiment of general nature than a figure which was
borrowed from nature itself ; and this question he answered at the end of another
...
The question remained , why a figure for which no living counterpart could be
found should be a truer embodiment of general nature than a figure which was
borrowed from nature itself ; and this question he answered at the end of another
...
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... he either concealed his opinions on the works of living artists , or
communicated only such as were agreeable . ' † The defamatory turn which Allan
Cunningham * Mr . Cunningham was evidently conscious of this objection , for he
substitutes ...
... he either concealed his opinions on the works of living artists , or
communicated only such as were agreeable . ' † The defamatory turn which Allan
Cunningham * Mr . Cunningham was evidently conscious of this objection , for he
substitutes ...
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As fine as those of any painter do you say ? Do you mean living or dead ? ” He
answered me rather briskly , " Either living or dead . " I then , in great surprise ,
exclaimed , " What ! as fine as Vandyke ! " He answered tartly , “ Yes , and finer .
As fine as those of any painter do you say ? Do you mean living or dead ? ” He
answered me rather briskly , " Either living or dead . " I then , in great surprise ,
exclaimed , " What ! as fine as Vandyke ! " He answered tartly , “ Yes , and finer .
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Sir John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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