The Quarterly Review, Volume 171William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1890 |
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... speak of continuity through this period . But the continuity is that of English life . The art of the sixteenth and the following centuries is a part of the history of the country ; and this continuity was a reality at Eton . We can no ...
... speak of continuity through this period . But the continuity is that of English life . The art of the sixteenth and the following centuries is a part of the history of the country ; and this continuity was a reality at Eton . We can no ...
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... speak more gravely , the Church as it was in ancient days , in which so many genera- tions of Eton boys worshipped , and which was a haven of rest from the turbulence of their school life . We can only guess at ' the place where the ...
... speak more gravely , the Church as it was in ancient days , in which so many genera- tions of Eton boys worshipped , and which was a haven of rest from the turbulence of their school life . We can only guess at ' the place where the ...
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... speak of himself as having * The cocked hat , by the way , which Keate was the last Head Master to wear , and from which Hawtrey had a special dispensation from William IV . , was the Court hat , wore ceremonially by the Head Master ...
... speak of himself as having * The cocked hat , by the way , which Keate was the last Head Master to wear , and from which Hawtrey had a special dispensation from William IV . , was the Court hat , wore ceremonially by the Head Master ...
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... speak with authority on subjects of which he knows no more than ordinary outside observers . He devotes a page to the vindication of Bismarck's imaginary opposition to Sir R. Morier's mission to Berlin . As a matter of fact , the ...
... speak with authority on subjects of which he knows no more than ordinary outside observers . He devotes a page to the vindication of Bismarck's imaginary opposition to Sir R. Morier's mission to Berlin . As a matter of fact , the ...
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... speaking , this description of the battle of Sedan is a digression from the Crown Prince and the Imperial Crown . ' But its force and vividness , dissipated though they necessarily are in our imperfect version , plead its excuse . Our ...
... speaking , this description of the battle of Sedan is a digression from the Crown Prince and the Imperial Crown . ' But its force and vividness , dissipated though they necessarily are in our imperfect version , plead its excuse . Our ...
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