The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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... English society in that of Chesterfield ; which arrived at its perfection in Talleyrand and Louis XVIII . , and still survives like other traditions in the circles of Legitimacy . But Cicero's humour was very various ; nor did he ...
... English society in that of Chesterfield ; which arrived at its perfection in Talleyrand and Louis XVIII . , and still survives like other traditions in the circles of Legitimacy . But Cicero's humour was very various ; nor did he ...
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... English hexameters , was a fool ; that next himself only Fletcher and Chapman could make a masque . ' These harsh judg- ments are crowded together unqualified by a word of commendation , but the remain- der of the book is less ...
... English hexameters , was a fool ; that next himself only Fletcher and Chapman could make a masque . ' These harsh judg- ments are crowded together unqualified by a word of commendation , but the remain- der of the book is less ...
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... English language with a new word . Every year increases the popularity of Boswell's marvellous work . The world will some day do more justice to his talents , which those who cannot forgive his Toryism are far too prone to run down ...
... English language with a new word . Every year increases the popularity of Boswell's marvellous work . The world will some day do more justice to his talents , which those who cannot forgive his Toryism are far too prone to run down ...
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... English establishment . No one can doubt accustom the inmates gradually to self - regulation ; for the general tone of the colony subdues the in its power as a motive of action , and if re- dependence of individual character , and ...
... English establishment . No one can doubt accustom the inmates gradually to self - regulation ; for the general tone of the colony subdues the in its power as a motive of action , and if re- dependence of individual character , and ...
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... English literature might have wanted Joseph Andrews , Tom Jones , and Amelia . It is not enough , we see , from the instance both of Fielding and Cervantes , to possess the deepest knowledge of life , the richest humour , and the most ...
... English literature might have wanted Joseph Andrews , Tom Jones , and Amelia . It is not enough , we see , from the instance both of Fielding and Cervantes , to possess the deepest knowledge of life , the richest humour , and the most ...
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