The New Monthly Magazine and Literary JournalHenry Colburn and Company, 1826 |
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... talents , than any thing which we could say upon the subject : : - " Sweet as the calm which o'er the sea At ... talent , capable of being rendered , with a proper attention to its polish and im- provement , a very creditable ...
... talents , than any thing which we could say upon the subject : : - " Sweet as the calm which o'er the sea At ... talent , capable of being rendered , with a proper attention to its polish and im- provement , a very creditable ...
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... talents to the rank of general , and is made a count of the empire by Napoleon . This new title endows him with all the prejudices of the old noblesse ; and he thinks it the most in credible and cruel of misfortunes , that his daugh ...
... talents to the rank of general , and is made a count of the empire by Napoleon . This new title endows him with all the prejudices of the old noblesse ; and he thinks it the most in credible and cruel of misfortunes , that his daugh ...
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... talent , so much so that his whole neigh- bourhood rang again with his stanzas , many of which run on the tongue of the inhabitants to this time . He also evinced a degree of aptitude to suit bis composi- tions to the taste of his day ...
... talent , so much so that his whole neigh- bourhood rang again with his stanzas , many of which run on the tongue of the inhabitants to this time . He also evinced a degree of aptitude to suit bis composi- tions to the taste of his day ...
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... talents ; and at the death of that great man he was con- sidered as his natural successor . But he was at that time out of the kingdom , and the diffidence of his disposition would not permit him to become an active compe- titor for any ...
... talents ; and at the death of that great man he was con- sidered as his natural successor . But he was at that time out of the kingdom , and the diffidence of his disposition would not permit him to become an active compe- titor for any ...
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... talents , in the judicious and useful application of which she was unwearied . In this view her memoirs are most particularly deserving of re- mark , since they prove how much may be ac- complished by a spirit of exertion , and by a per ...
... talents , in the judicious and useful application of which she was unwearied . In this view her memoirs are most particularly deserving of re- mark , since they prove how much may be ac- complished by a spirit of exertion , and by a per ...
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Page 384 - If legislative services are worth mentioning, and the stamp of liberality and equality, which was necessary to be impressed on our laws in the first crisis of our birth as a nation, was of any value, they will find that the leading and most important laws of that day were prepared by myself, and carried chiefly by my efforts ; supported, indeed, by able and faithful coadjutors from the ranks of the House, very effective as seconds, but who would not have taken the field as leaders.
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