The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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Page 10
... given us an accurate version of the original . Ben Jonson , it is notorious , was his own hero . As he remarked of Francis Beaumont , he loved too much himself and his own verses . ' He is , ' writes Drummond , a great praiser of him ...
... given us an accurate version of the original . Ben Jonson , it is notorious , was his own hero . As he remarked of Francis Beaumont , he loved too much himself and his own verses . ' He is , ' writes Drummond , a great praiser of him ...
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... given men to the ranks of great talkers . Few men talked with more uniform vivacity and vigour than Parr ; no man said better things than Porson ; and we wish the Porsoniana was worthier of him . Niebuhr , again , handled his favourite ...
... given men to the ranks of great talkers . Few men talked with more uniform vivacity and vigour than Parr ; no man said better things than Porson ; and we wish the Porsoniana was worthier of him . Niebuhr , again , handled his favourite ...
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... given us his opinion of all the great conversers of his day : Curran , with his poetic and imaginative wildness ; De Staƫl , with her sentimental glitter ; Lut- trell's elegant epigram ; Lord Dudley's pregnant point ; the convivial ...
... given us his opinion of all the great conversers of his day : Curran , with his poetic and imaginative wildness ; De Staƫl , with her sentimental glitter ; Lut- trell's elegant epigram ; Lord Dudley's pregnant point ; the convivial ...
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... given their time , their money , and in some cases their own lives also , to rescue the children around them from their fearful position , little con- sidering , perhaps , what bearing their pro- ceedings would have upon the general ...
... given their time , their money , and in some cases their own lives also , to rescue the children around them from their fearful position , little con- sidering , perhaps , what bearing their pro- ceedings would have upon the general ...
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... given to it in an Three of these are out - colonies , intended to 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 ...
... given to it in an Three of these are out - colonies , intended to 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 ...
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