The Quarterly Review, Volume 68J. Murray, 1841 |
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... Sir Joshua , gratify nobody but a fool : they always disgust the wise , who , knowing them to be false , suspect them to be hypocritical . ' Sir Augustus , in his very modest preface , expresses much regret that the views of American ...
... Sir Joshua , gratify nobody but a fool : they always disgust the wise , who , knowing them to be false , suspect them to be hypocritical . ' Sir Augustus , in his very modest preface , expresses much regret that the views of American ...
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... Sir Augustus does not leave the public edifices at Washington without expressing his deep regret that any of them should have been de- stroyed by our army in 1812. He censures this as a violence for which there was no sufficient apology ...
... Sir Augustus does not leave the public edifices at Washington without expressing his deep regret that any of them should have been de- stroyed by our army in 1812. He censures this as a violence for which there was no sufficient apology ...
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... Sir Augustus men- tions how surprised the Emperor Nicholas was when the cele- brated John Randolph of Roanoke ( the same eulogised above ) dropped on his knees to present his credentials as envoy at St. Petersburg . This was but lately .
... Sir Augustus men- tions how surprised the Emperor Nicholas was when the cele- brated John Randolph of Roanoke ( the same eulogised above ) dropped on his knees to present his credentials as envoy at St. Petersburg . This was but lately .
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in the British Colonies Ordered by the House | 88 |
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