The Quarterly Review, Volume 233, Issue 463William 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, 1920 |
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Page 289
... things were not much better . Trade was everywhere decaying . Spanish influence had taught the upper classes to look down upon it as derogatory , even in Venice . The free port of Leghorn was used almost entirely by foreigners . Genoa ...
... things were not much better . Trade was everywhere decaying . Spanish influence had taught the upper classes to look down upon it as derogatory , even in Venice . The free port of Leghorn was used almost entirely by foreigners . Genoa ...
Page 292
... thing , can turn a neat verse or a complimentary letter on any conceivable subject , and is welcome in every capital in Europe . ' I will not meddle with the " Spec- tator , " wrote Swift to .Stella ; let him fair - sex it to the end ...
... thing , can turn a neat verse or a complimentary letter on any conceivable subject , and is welcome in every capital in Europe . ' I will not meddle with the " Spec- tator , " wrote Swift to .Stella ; let him fair - sex it to the end ...
Page 293
... thing unique in Europe . No gambler had com- pleted his education till he had tried conclusions with the suave patricians who alone were deemed worthy to make the banks at the faro tables or to appear unmasked within the sacred ...
... thing unique in Europe . No gambler had com- pleted his education till he had tried conclusions with the suave patricians who alone were deemed worthy to make the banks at the faro tables or to appear unmasked within the sacred ...
Page 294
... thing to do . Corner re- torted that Gradenigo was always dining out , but never himself gave any one so much as a drink of water from a bucket . Gradenigo , who was famed for his hospitality , instantly invited all those present to ...
... thing to do . Corner re- torted that Gradenigo was always dining out , but never himself gave any one so much as a drink of water from a bucket . Gradenigo , who was famed for his hospitality , instantly invited all those present to ...
Page 304
... things , victory lies most nearly within the reach of that belligerent who possesses the greater reserve of healthy manhood . This may be accepted as an axiom , and , if ever proof were needed , the result of the great war has proved it ...
... things , victory lies most nearly within the reach of that belligerent who possesses the greater reserve of healthy manhood . This may be accepted as an axiom , and , if ever proof were needed , the result of the great war has proved it ...
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