The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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... period of its decay we know from the fact that Theophrastus gives us no less than three species of such cha- racters- ' All clear and well defined ' 6 6 At Fond as the ancients were of conversa- tion , it is not wonderful that they ...
... period of its decay we know from the fact that Theophrastus gives us no less than three species of such cha- racters- ' All clear and well defined ' 6 6 At Fond as the ancients were of conversa- tion , it is not wonderful that they ...
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... period , and this its compiler called the Prima Scaligerana . ' Both com- pilations were amalgamated in the excel- lent edition of Scaligerana , Thuana , & c . , ' by Desmaizeaux ( Amsterdam , 1740 ) . The ' Scaligerana , ' says Mr ...
... period , and this its compiler called the Prima Scaligerana . ' Both com- pilations were amalgamated in the excel- lent edition of Scaligerana , Thuana , & c . , ' by Desmaizeaux ( Amsterdam , 1740 ) . The ' Scaligerana , ' says Mr ...
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... period . self with his rendering of the first period . The diseur was in his glory . M. de Bautru , M. Ménage himself is not exactly a diseur Ménage tells us , was invited everywhere like the Prince de Guémené or M. de Bau- for the sake ...
... period . self with his rendering of the first period . The diseur was in his glory . M. de Bautru , M. Ménage himself is not exactly a diseur Ménage tells us , was invited everywhere like the Prince de Guémené or M. de Bau- for the sake ...
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... period immediately before the present , we have the various Conversa- tions ' of Lord Byron , besides the ever- increasing Memoirs and Diaries , ' such as those of Mackintosh and Moore . Byron was a most remarkable talker . His more ...
... period immediately before the present , we have the various Conversa- tions ' of Lord Byron , besides the ever- increasing Memoirs and Diaries , ' such as those of Mackintosh and Moore . Byron was a most remarkable talker . His more ...
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... period of imprisonment ; and courts of justice soon began to present the anomalous spectacle of children sentenced for slight offences to much longer terms of punishment than would have been awarded to adults , for the avowed purpose of ...
... period of imprisonment ; and courts of justice soon began to present the anomalous spectacle of children sentenced for slight offences to much longer terms of punishment than would have been awarded to adults , for the avowed purpose of ...
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