The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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... expressing himself with frank contemptu- ous egotism , and you have a notion of the Scaligerana . ' " Here , for instance , we have him speaking of his father : There was neither king nor emperor that was so handsome as he . Look at me ...
... expressing himself with frank contemptu- ous egotism , and you have a notion of the Scaligerana . ' " Here , for instance , we have him speaking of his father : There was neither king nor emperor that was so handsome as he . Look at me ...
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... expression abounded in his conversation as they abound in his writings . We presume to assign it a place among the best ; yet how few are good books of the kind after all ! We have looked for them among the records of the wise and the ...
... expression abounded in his conversation as they abound in his writings . We presume to assign it a place among the best ; yet how few are good books of the kind after all ! We have looked for them among the records of the wise and the ...
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... expression , they are becoming quite the rage ; and we may look for a series of those peculiar demonstrations in favour by which the British public are in the habit of displaying their interest in such philanthropic undertakings as they ...
... expression , they are becoming quite the rage ; and we may look for a series of those peculiar demonstrations in favour by which the British public are in the habit of displaying their interest in such philanthropic undertakings as they ...
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... expression , the two on some specific study the thoughts of rival essayists . The Menander ' of M. W. writers who ... expressing him- self with peculiar felicity , and of writing with grace without pedantry , much pene- trating thought ...
... expression , the two on some specific study the thoughts of rival essayists . The Menander ' of M. W. writers who ... expressing him- self with peculiar felicity , and of writing with grace without pedantry , much pene- trating thought ...
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... expressions vulgaires , qu'il emprunte modern times had its consummate master aux discussions de la place , ou aux causeries de in Molière . Quintilian's last sentence is la vie commune . Est - ce bien Medée , la terrible enchanteresse ...
... expressions vulgaires , qu'il emprunte modern times had its consummate master aux discussions de la place , ou aux causeries de in Molière . Quintilian's last sentence is la vie commune . Est - ce bien Medée , la terrible enchanteresse ...
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