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The whole book is written in a pompous ' Sandford and Merton ' sort of style , which few children would willingly read , and none be the better for if they did . The final sentence at page 63 will suffice as a specimen : — From this ...
The whole book is written in a pompous ' Sandford and Merton ' sort of style , which few children would willingly read , and none be the better for if they did . The final sentence at page 63 will suffice as a specimen : — From this ...
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The cock suddenly crows , the whole scene vanishes , and Robin and his friend find themselves in the Bookseller's shop , at the corner of St. Paul's Churchyard . ' * At this point the whole story changes from the land of absolute fancy ...
The cock suddenly crows , the whole scene vanishes , and Robin and his friend find themselves in the Bookseller's shop , at the corner of St. Paul's Churchyard . ' * At this point the whole story changes from the land of absolute fancy ...
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his confidence in this fundamental idea , and the whole fabric of his notion of peace , order , and loyalty , gets a shake . Is it wise to keep up the concussions till the fabric shall fall to pieces ? So far as the country is concerned ...
his confidence in this fundamental idea , and the whole fabric of his notion of peace , order , and loyalty , gets a shake . Is it wise to keep up the concussions till the fabric shall fall to pieces ? So far as the country is concerned ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 122 |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) |
| Contributor | George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1867 |
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