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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... hand , mere inert resistance over so vast a field was in itself a formidable obstacle to the British commanders , whose forces were utterly inadequate to the operations in which they were engaged ; and the arrival of a powerful French ...
... hand , mere inert resistance over so vast a field was in itself a formidable obstacle to the British commanders , whose forces were utterly inadequate to the operations in which they were engaged ; and the arrival of a powerful French ...
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... hand . Our political economists are not yet agreed as to the true principles of taxation ; and the terrible events of the last two years , far from producing unanimity , have simply brought to light the most astounding and perplexing ...
... hand . Our political economists are not yet agreed as to the true principles of taxation ; and the terrible events of the last two years , far from producing unanimity , have simply brought to light the most astounding and perplexing ...
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... hand and heart , in the establishment of our liberties . As I was cautious in committing , so I am now firm in asserting , the rights of my country : my declaration , therefore , is , that as the nation has determined to obtain the ...
... hand and heart , in the establishment of our liberties . As I was cautious in committing , so I am now firm in asserting , the rights of my country : my declaration , therefore , is , that as the nation has determined to obtain the ...
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... hand in the bribery practised . ' Yet in one of his letters to Mr. Wickham ( dated Dublin Castle , Jan. 2 , 1799 , and marked ' most secret ' ) will be found this passage : - 6 Already we feel the want , and indeed the absolute ...
... hand in the bribery practised . ' Yet in one of his letters to Mr. Wickham ( dated Dublin Castle , Jan. 2 , 1799 , and marked ' most secret ' ) will be found this passage : - 6 Already we feel the want , and indeed the absolute ...
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... hand over his head , and with the voice of a Stentor cried out , " And I'm a hundred and eleven ! " ' 6 In the exultation of the moment , and in evil hour for his cause , * Another version was that Trench had stood out for a peerage ...
... hand over his head , and with the voice of a Stentor cried out , " And I'm a hundred and eleven ! " ' 6 In the exultation of the moment , and in evil hour for his cause , * Another version was that Trench had stood out for a peerage ...
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