The Quarterly Review, Volume 1William 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, 1809 |
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... wish they had all but one neck . I feel impotent as a child to the ardor of my wishes ! O for a withering curse to blast the germins of their wicked machinations . O for a poisonous Tornado , winged from the Torrid Zone of Tarta- rus ...
... wish they had all but one neck . I feel impotent as a child to the ardor of my wishes ! O for a withering curse to blast the germins of their wicked machinations . O for a poisonous Tornado , winged from the Torrid Zone of Tarta- rus ...
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... wish without enjoyment ; the other has neither wish nor fear . ' When such a sentiment is breathed by such a being , the lesson is awful : and if pride and ambition were capable of being taught , they might hence learn that a well ...
... wish without enjoyment ; the other has neither wish nor fear . ' When such a sentiment is breathed by such a being , the lesson is awful : and if pride and ambition were capable of being taught , they might hence learn that a well ...
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... wish to see adopted . We agree with him that the attiring of his Majesty in Roman armour and a laurel crown is absurd . He should appear , on his coin , in that costume in which he performs the most august functions of royalty , and we ...
... wish to see adopted . We agree with him that the attiring of his Majesty in Roman armour and a laurel crown is absurd . He should appear , on his coin , in that costume in which he performs the most august functions of royalty , and we ...
Contents
Affaires dEspagne Nos 1 to 5 Confédération | 1 |
Reliques of Robert Burns consisting chiefly of original | 19 |
Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born | 36 |
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