The Quarterly Review, Volume 50William 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, 1834 |
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... parties to whom the execution of them was entrusted . We desire it to be understood , that to the gentlemen in question we impute none but the most pure and the most honourable intentions ; but we certainly have no hesitation in saying ...
... parties to whom the execution of them was entrusted . We desire it to be understood , that to the gentlemen in question we impute none but the most pure and the most honourable intentions ; but we certainly have no hesitation in saying ...
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... party . Had it been otherwise , a single act of omission in ordering the requi- site functions on our part might bring life to a premature termi- nation . The fracture of a small filament in the admirable tracery of nervous cords which ...
... party . Had it been otherwise , a single act of omission in ordering the requi- site functions on our part might bring life to a premature termi- nation . The fracture of a small filament in the admirable tracery of nervous cords which ...
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... parties . On the whole , we are inclined to believe , that but for the preva- lence of an humour thus unskilfully indulged , the taste for English art might have been dormant much longer . The first attention to excellence attained by a ...
... parties . On the whole , we are inclined to believe , that but for the preva- lence of an humour thus unskilfully indulged , the taste for English art might have been dormant much longer . The first attention to excellence attained by a ...
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... party spirit and envy , which once attached to Barry - and it is rapidly reducing to their true dimensions the flighty mediocrity of Romney , and the scientific but powerless labour of West . 6 The best of Romney's works were only ...
... party spirit and envy , which once attached to Barry - and it is rapidly reducing to their true dimensions the flighty mediocrity of Romney , and the scientific but powerless labour of West . 6 The best of Romney's works were only ...
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... parties , Mr. Cunningham , had he known much , would probably have thought it right to tell us little . We remember that set well - and wonder how our author should have contrived to converse with no one capable of giving him a hint of ...
... parties , Mr. Cunningham , had he known much , would probably have thought it right to tell us little . We remember that set well - and wonder how our author should have contrived to converse with no one capable of giving him a hint of ...
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