The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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... possessed him . It could not possibly be the case , in Father Garasse's opinion , that he was a man like other people , with human appetites and a human temper , and not a saint in a picture . But the struggles , the infirmities of such ...
... possessed him . It could not possibly be the case , in Father Garasse's opinion , that he was a man like other people , with human appetites and a human temper , and not a saint in a picture . But the struggles , the infirmities of such ...
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... possessed , or affected to lay stress upon the purely lite- rary side of this book . He talked perfectly simply and openly , and even vehemently and passionately ; he was intent on far higher objects than colloquial success ; and we ...
... possessed , or affected to lay stress upon the purely lite- rary side of this book . He talked perfectly simply and openly , and even vehemently and passionately ; he was intent on far higher objects than colloquial success ; and we ...
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... possessed better specimens had he possessed more judicious listeners . 6 6 The Scaligerana ' contains many of those casual sayings which , put on record , preserve the manners , the social history , and the biographical curiosities of ...
... possessed better specimens had he possessed more judicious listeners . 6 6 The Scaligerana ' contains many of those casual sayings which , put on record , preserve the manners , the social history , and the biographical curiosities of ...
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... possession of the traditions of the age pre- ceding his own , and gives us the following interesting statement : - " I take the highest period of politeness in England ( and it is of the same date in France ) to have been the peaceable ...
... possession of the traditions of the age pre- ceding his own , and gives us the following interesting statement : - " I take the highest period of politeness in England ( and it is of the same date in France ) to have been the peaceable ...
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... possessed . had been the noblest efforts of human nature , or the endowment . The mass of modern that the fate of kingdoms depended on them . ' diners - out ' are mere jokers who have some fun and great animal spirits . This amount of ...
... possessed . had been the noblest efforts of human nature , or the endowment . The mass of modern that the fate of kingdoms depended on them . ' diners - out ' are mere jokers who have some fun and great animal spirits . This amount of ...
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