The Quarterly Review, Volume 14William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1816 |
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... French frigates insulted the coast of Coromandel and obstructed the provision ships intended for its relief , Madras might have escaped the horrible evils to which its unhappy inha- bitants were subjected . Measures , we understand ...
... French frigates insulted the coast of Coromandel and obstructed the provision ships intended for its relief , Madras might have escaped the horrible evils to which its unhappy inha- bitants were subjected . Measures , we understand ...
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... French nation , cannot tend to diminish our alarm . The charge was delivered soon on after the conclusion of the peace ; and in re- ference to it the bishop expresses himself as follows . At so momentous a crisis , which I would ...
... French nation , cannot tend to diminish our alarm . The charge was delivered soon on after the conclusion of the peace ; and in re- ference to it the bishop expresses himself as follows . At so momentous a crisis , which I would ...
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... French uniform sprink- fed with blood was suspended . On its breast it bore a paper with this inscription : " Tel sera tôt ou tard le sort du tyran ! ” The rabble pressed round his carriage , and elevated themselves on both sides in ...
... French uniform sprink- fed with blood was suspended . On its breast it bore a paper with this inscription : " Tel sera tôt ou tard le sort du tyran ! ” The rabble pressed round his carriage , and elevated themselves on both sides in ...
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... French . What was looked for , however , with the most eager impatience , was the appearance of the Empress of Austria . Never shall I forget the impression made by this princess , when , at the farther end of the long apartments of the ...
... French . What was looked for , however , with the most eager impatience , was the appearance of the Empress of Austria . Never shall I forget the impression made by this princess , when , at the farther end of the long apartments of the ...
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... French , in the best attitude , without either presumption or despondency ; he knew ' ( report- ed the ambassador ) the power of the French and the talents of their emperor , and would never have begun the quarrel ; but that now ...
... French , in the best attitude , without either presumption or despondency ; he knew ' ( report- ed the ambassador ) the power of the French and the talents of their emperor , and would never have begun the quarrel ; but that now ...
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