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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... thing is after all in their estimation the great game , and the possession of it the grand prize of life ; because they believe ambition to be the last infirmity of noble minds ; because ( as one poet has said ) the innate tendency of ...
... thing is after all in their estimation the great game , and the possession of it the grand prize of life ; because they believe ambition to be the last infirmity of noble minds ; because ( as one poet has said ) the innate tendency of ...
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... things in war : ' - ' It is vain now to look back : we must only consider how to remedy the evil , and to prevent the ill effects which our delay may occasion in the minds of our allies . It immediately occurred to me that nothing would ...
... things in war : ' - ' It is vain now to look back : we must only consider how to remedy the evil , and to prevent the ill effects which our delay may occasion in the minds of our allies . It immediately occurred to me that nothing would ...
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... ' His Lordship is singularly infelicitous in his mode of philoso- phising on honours , distinctions , well - paid places , and the rest of what what are popularly considered the good things of this world 16 Lord Cornwallis .
... ' His Lordship is singularly infelicitous in his mode of philoso- phising on honours , distinctions , well - paid places , and the rest of what what are popularly considered the good things of this world 16 Lord Cornwallis .
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... things will stand on a widely different footing : we cannot anticipate its councils nor those of the British Cabinet . The dogged opposition of the Sovereign is well known . We give no pledge . We simply say that your chances will be ...
... things will stand on a widely different footing : we cannot anticipate its councils nor those of the British Cabinet . The dogged opposition of the Sovereign is well known . We give no pledge . We simply say that your chances will be ...
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... things had been far from rare in that assembly . Sir Henry Cavendish was famous for the accuracy of the reports which he was in the habit of sending from the House to the Castle . One evening the Lord - Lieutenant asked Sir Hercules ...
... things had been far from rare in that assembly . Sir Henry Cavendish was famous for the accuracy of the reports which he was in the habit of sending from the House to the Castle . One evening the Lord - Lieutenant asked Sir Hercules ...
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