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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... respects a remarkable one . Without lofty ambition or shining talents , without being a hero , an orator , or a statesman of the first class , he filled effectively the most prominent place on four conspicuous stages at four of the most ...
... respects a remarkable one . Without lofty ambition or shining talents , without being a hero , an orator , or a statesman of the first class , he filled effectively the most prominent place on four conspicuous stages at four of the most ...
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... respect , and give a brief biographical notice of the Marquis . The pedigree of the Cornwallis family is easily carried back to the fourteenth century , and there are traces of its existence amongst the landed gentry at a much earlier ...
... respect , and give a brief biographical notice of the Marquis . The pedigree of the Cornwallis family is easily carried back to the fourteenth century , and there are traces of its existence amongst the landed gentry at a much earlier ...
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... respect he resembled the Duke of Wellington ; and if the required sacrifices had been as great as he professed or fancied , he would have been equal to them . It is also to be observed that he courted instead of shrinking from ...
... respect he resembled the Duke of Wellington ; and if the required sacrifices had been as great as he professed or fancied , he would have been equal to them . It is also to be observed that he courted instead of shrinking from ...
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... respect . We are impatient to hear the event of your campaign , and promise ourselves a happy one . ' Fortunately General Medows was a man of sense as well as of conduct and courage , and continued to co - operate cordi- ally with him ...
... respect . We are impatient to hear the event of your campaign , and promise ourselves a happy one . ' Fortunately General Medows was a man of sense as well as of conduct and courage , and continued to co - operate cordi- ally with him ...
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... respect due to the opinion and authority of Mr. Shore , I thought it indispensably necessary both that the measure must origi- nate with the Board of Control , and likewise that I should induce Mr. Pitt to become my partner in the final ...
... respect due to the opinion and authority of Mr. Shore , I thought it indispensably necessary both that the measure must origi- nate with the Board of Control , and likewise that I should induce Mr. Pitt to become my partner in the final ...
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