The Quarterly Review, Volume 26William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, William Macpherson, Whitwell Elwin, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1822 |
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... island into a kit- chen - garden for his soldiers . But M. Dupin mistakes egregiously , if he thinks the reflecting part of the nation does not fully appreciate the value of the vic- tory of Waterloo ; or that the national gratitude is ...
... island into a kit- chen - garden for his soldiers . But M. Dupin mistakes egregiously , if he thinks the reflecting part of the nation does not fully appreciate the value of the vic- tory of Waterloo ; or that the national gratitude is ...
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... island , moderate enough in its extent , became enabled to form , with their ships of war alone , a continued line ... islands taken by main force , the commerce of the world usurped . In short , after twenty years of fight- ing , this ...
... island , moderate enough in its extent , became enabled to form , with their ships of war alone , a continued line ... islands taken by main force , the commerce of the world usurped . In short , after twenty years of fight- ing , this ...
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... island , but for some reason or other shortly quitted it alto- gether ; and , about the middle of last century , exchanged it with the Spaniards for the small island of Trinidad , situated about 500 miles from the coast of Brazil ...
... island , but for some reason or other shortly quitted it alto- gether ; and , about the middle of last century , exchanged it with the Spaniards for the small island of Trinidad , situated about 500 miles from the coast of Brazil ...
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... island , but this he declined , as he had two wives and a family of children , and lived happily among them . From this person Captain Kelly expected to obtain much information respecting the inhabitants and the state of the island ...
... island , but this he declined , as he had two wives and a family of children , and lived happily among them . From this person Captain Kelly expected to obtain much information respecting the inhabitants and the state of the island ...
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... island , with the domestic animals , sheep , goats , and fowls , afforded them plenty of subsistence ; the chief article however of their food was the yam , which Captain Kelly describes as being of a finer flavour than any he had ever ...
... island , with the domestic animals , sheep , goats , and fowls , afforded them plenty of subsistence ; the chief article however of their food was the yam , which Captain Kelly describes as being of a finer flavour than any he had ever ...
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