The Quarterly Review, Volume 105William 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, 1859 |
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... brought with him his wife and children , and we em- bark to - morrow , if the wind serves . My heart bleeds for them . ' " After this separation , Lady Cornwallis declared to her con- fidential attendant that she was dying of a broken ...
... brought with him his wife and children , and we em- bark to - morrow , if the wind serves . My heart bleeds for them . ' " After this separation , Lady Cornwallis declared to her con- fidential attendant that she was dying of a broken ...
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... brought into parliament by the Nabob of the Carnatic ; and that , being a man of large stature and mild demeanour , he went by the name of the Gentle Giant . ' Warren Hastings warned Lord Cornwallis against him ; and General Grant ...
... brought into parliament by the Nabob of the Carnatic ; and that , being a man of large stature and mild demeanour , he went by the name of the Gentle Giant . ' Warren Hastings warned Lord Cornwallis against him ; and General Grant ...
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... brought the actual occupiers into direct contact with the collectors of the State . Lord Cornwallis chose the first , regardless of the doubts that prevailed touching the proprietary title to the soil or the original status of the Ze ...
... brought the actual occupiers into direct contact with the collectors of the State . Lord Cornwallis chose the first , regardless of the doubts that prevailed touching the proprietary title to the soil or the original status of the Ze ...
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... brought to light the most astounding and perplexing variety of opinion as to the policy to be adopted in Hindostan . What , then , can be more unfair than to judge the Indian legislator or reformer of 1793 by the brighter , though still ...
... brought to light the most astounding and perplexing variety of opinion as to the policy to be adopted in Hindostan . What , then , can be more unfair than to judge the Indian legislator or reformer of 1793 by the brighter , though still ...
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... brought in as spectators . Taken as a whole , they form a splendid galaxy . What genius , elo- quence , public virtue , courage , chivalry , wit , grace , and love- liness are there ! What elements of greatness , and alas , what seeds ...
... brought in as spectators . Taken as a whole , they form a splendid galaxy . What genius , elo- quence , public virtue , courage , chivalry , wit , grace , and love- liness are there ! What elements of greatness , and alas , what seeds ...
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