The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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Page 9
... received for wit ; and Lord Bacon's Apoph- thegms , the best repository of the smart sayings of the ancients which was made , bears testimony no less to the fact that an indifferent play on words was held in estimation by sages like ...
... received for wit ; and Lord Bacon's Apoph- thegms , the best repository of the smart sayings of the ancients which was made , bears testimony no less to the fact that an indifferent play on words was held in estimation by sages like ...
Page 10
... received rumours of the day which tells us how the famous Earl of Leicester , who had mur- dered one wife , fell into the pit which he dug for the second . He gave a bottle of liquor to his lady , which he willed her to use in any ...
... received rumours of the day which tells us how the famous Earl of Leicester , who had mur- dered one wife , fell into the pit which he dug for the second . He gave a bottle of liquor to his lady , which he willed her to use in any ...
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... received at stated hours , which the rules of a well - ordered household provided . Nor was the properly prepared diet itself agree- able to their taste ; they relished sour and wild fruits , raw vegetables , half - raw flesh , and a su ...
... received at stated hours , which the rules of a well - ordered household provided . Nor was the properly prepared diet itself agree- able to their taste ; they relished sour and wild fruits , raw vegetables , half - raw flesh , and a su ...
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... receiving and the habits they are acquiring , and not only upon the im- mediate benefit which they are to derive from ... received by its incorporation in • 7 done less than justice to that great esta- blishment . 28 Jan. Reformatory ...
... receiving and the habits they are acquiring , and not only upon the im- mediate benefit which they are to derive from ... received by its incorporation in • 7 done less than justice to that great esta- blishment . 28 Jan. Reformatory ...
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... received on the application of their friends or of bene- volent societies , on payment of a certain an- nual sum . In the year 1838 , however , an Act of Parliament was passed , which had for its principal object the establishment of a ...
... received on the application of their friends or of bene- volent societies , on payment of a certain an- nual sum . In the year 1838 , however , an Act of Parliament was passed , which had for its principal object the establishment of a ...
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