The Quarterly Review, Volume 212William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1910 |
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... interest of the unfortunate being to whom it was addressed . ' Lady Byron jumped to the conclusion that it had been written to Augusta herself , and Augusta , still over - anxious , perhaps , to shield Mary , and not stopping to ...
... interest of the unfortunate being to whom it was addressed . ' Lady Byron jumped to the conclusion that it had been written to Augusta herself , and Augusta , still over - anxious , perhaps , to shield Mary , and not stopping to ...
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... interest in the subject than is usually aroused by the perusal of departmental Blue- books . In any one of a round dozen of scholarly mono- graphs we can read the life - history of Domesday Book , and of the almost unbroken series of ...
... interest in the subject than is usually aroused by the perusal of departmental Blue- books . In any one of a round dozen of scholarly mono- graphs we can read the life - history of Domesday Book , and of the almost unbroken series of ...
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... interest . At the same time it must be admitted that a large proportion of this official literature does not make pleasant reading to those who are jealous of national credit . The documentary treasures of which we are justly proud are ...
... interest . At the same time it must be admitted that a large proportion of this official literature does not make pleasant reading to those who are jealous of national credit . The documentary treasures of which we are justly proud are ...
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... interests of historical study , that inexpert and irrespon- sible custodians should be relieved of the charge of documents which ought obviously to be regarded as public records and historical State - papers , recent archives being ...
... interests of historical study , that inexpert and irrespon- sible custodians should be relieved of the charge of documents which ought obviously to be regarded as public records and historical State - papers , recent archives being ...
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... interest of his subject , the excitement of the pursuit of elusive facts through a maze of unexplored documents ... interests , will be found the failure of the genius loci to render help , through lack of understanding rather than from ...
... interest of his subject , the excitement of the pursuit of elusive facts through a maze of unexplored documents ... interests , will be found the failure of the genius loci to render help , through lack of understanding rather than from ...
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