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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... thought deficient in firmness ; and the same high appointment was a third time pressed upon him and accepted in 1805 , in the October of which year he died , from over - eagerness in the discharge of his public duties , at Ghuznee . The ...
... thought deficient in firmness ; and the same high appointment was a third time pressed upon him and accepted in 1805 , in the October of which year he died , from over - eagerness in the discharge of his public duties , at Ghuznee . The ...
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... thought of me for it . " I then said that if the King or Mr. Pitt had sent for me , and told me that my waiving my pretensions , and giving them a thou- sand pounds a - year out of my estate , was necessary for the support of Government ...
... thought of me for it . " I then said that if the King or Mr. Pitt had sent for me , and told me that my waiving my pretensions , and giving them a thou- sand pounds a - year out of my estate , was necessary for the support of Government ...
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... 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 consideration of so important and controverted a measure ...
... 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 consideration of so important and controverted a measure ...
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... thought of Sir Jonah Barrington's general accuracy , the custom which he records and illustrates of inviting a party to drink out a hogshead of claret , was notoriously prevalent . Castle Rackrent , ' at all events , will be received as ...
... thought of Sir Jonah Barrington's general accuracy , the custom which he records and illustrates of inviting a party to drink out a hogshead of claret , was notoriously prevalent . Castle Rackrent , ' at all events , will be received as ...
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... thought to betray a lack of courage . Challenges were given or provoked by way of mere bravado ; and what would now be considered the most indefensible irregularities , were permitted on the ground . In the duel between Lord Clare ...
... thought to betray a lack of courage . Challenges were given or provoked by way of mere bravado ; and what would now be considered the most indefensible irregularities , were permitted on the ground . In the duel between Lord Clare ...
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