The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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... England , but for recalling our attention to the impor- tant class of works which constitute the literature of conversation . It seems to be the Doctor's destiny to deal with neglected subjects . He has written a biography of George ...
... England , but for recalling our attention to the impor- tant class of works which constitute the literature of conversation . It seems to be the Doctor's destiny to deal with neglected subjects . He has written a biography of George ...
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... England in Anne's time , and in the semi- by the lustre of wit . A disputed point French Jacobite society of Edinburgh a arose in a game . I refer it to you , ' ex- century ago . It is the flowering of an an- claimed Louis to the Count ...
... England in Anne's time , and in the semi- by the lustre of wit . A disputed point French Jacobite society of Edinburgh a arose in a game . I refer it to you , ' ex- century ago . It is the flowering of an an- claimed Louis to the Count ...
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... criminating Richard Milward ' ; for , other- wise , how many readers would John Sel- den now boast in England ? Most men of letters , indeed , have had occasion to make " allowed to sit down and dine with us . ' 10 Jan. Table - Talk .
... criminating Richard Milward ' ; for , other- wise , how many readers would John Sel- den now boast in England ? Most men of letters , indeed , have had occasion to make " allowed to sit down and dine with us . ' 10 Jan. Table - Talk .
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... England in Byron's time ; and we had better not ask too curiously , Who are the men who supply its place now ? " Two remarkable books - Eckermann's ' Conversations with Goethe , ' and the Table - Talk ' of Coleridge - have appeared ...
... England in Byron's time ; and we had better not ask too curiously , Who are the men who supply its place now ? " Two remarkable books - Eckermann's ' Conversations with Goethe , ' and the Table - Talk ' of Coleridge - have appeared ...
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... England at present . The higher belles - lettres of an age are admitted to be exponents of its manners , and we find the complaint made by Mr. Disraeli , and testified to by Mr. Thackeray . How small a part is played by conversation in ...
... England at present . The higher belles - lettres of an age are admitted to be exponents of its manners , and we find the complaint made by Mr. Disraeli , and testified to by Mr. Thackeray . How small a part is played by conversation in ...
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