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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... tion long ago , and be as well known as Frith's Derby Day ' or Copley's Death of Chatham , ' which it most resembles in design and manner . The subject is the Right Hon . Henry Grattan Moving the Declaration of Rights . It contains ...
... tion long ago , and be as well known as Frith's Derby Day ' or Copley's Death of Chatham , ' which it most resembles in design and manner . The subject is the Right Hon . Henry Grattan Moving the Declaration of Rights . It contains ...
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... tion , it is impossible to doubt that the habits of the Irish gentry during the half century preceding the Union were fatal to self- control and self - respect . The most independent spirit is degraded in its own despite by pecuniary ...
... tion , it is impossible to doubt that the habits of the Irish gentry during the half century preceding the Union were fatal to self- control and self - respect . The most independent spirit is degraded in its own despite by pecuniary ...
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... tion to Lord Carhampton , the commander - in - chief , who decided it thus : A secretary of state fighting for an exciseman would be rather a bad precedent , but a major in the King's service is pugnacious by profession , and must fight ...
... tion to Lord Carhampton , the commander - in - chief , who decided it thus : A secretary of state fighting for an exciseman would be rather a bad precedent , but a major in the King's service is pugnacious by profession , and must fight ...
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... tion of the Union , already broached in the British Parliament by Mr. Pitt , was made the subject of an animated discussion in the House of Commons . It arose on an amendment to the address moved by Mr. Ponsonby , ' That the House would ...
... tion of the Union , already broached in the British Parliament by Mr. Pitt , was made the subject of an animated discussion in the House of Commons . It arose on an amendment to the address moved by Mr. Ponsonby , ' That the House would ...
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... tion , ' says Barrington , knew no bounds . As No. 110 was an- nounced , he stopped a moment at the bar , flourished a great stick which he had in his hand over his head , and with the voice of a Stentor cried out , " And I'm a hundred ...
... tion , ' says Barrington , knew no bounds . As No. 110 was an- nounced , he stopped a moment at the bar , flourished a great stick which he had in his hand over his head , and with the voice of a Stentor cried out , " And I'm a hundred ...
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