The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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And Armytage's diary is to the effect , that Wesley was extremely fond of music
and played well upon the fiddle , though he never gave indication of ( or , in other
words , Armytage was not aware of his possessing ) any other species of talent .
And Armytage's diary is to the effect , that Wesley was extremely fond of music
and played well upon the fiddle , though he never gave indication of ( or , in other
words , Armytage was not aware of his possessing ) any other species of talent .
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We have heard on the best authority , and from different sources , of an
interesting letter which was written home by Captain Malcolm after that voyage ,
to the effect that he found young Wesley a dull companion enough at first , but
that he ...
We have heard on the best authority , and from different sources , of an
interesting letter which was written home by Captain Malcolm after that voyage ,
to the effect that he found young Wesley a dull companion enough at first , but
that he ...
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Some such reflections must occur to almost any reader of these pages ; and
exaggerations of disinterestedness in a great man ' s memoirs have an effect
contrary to that which they are intended to produce , especially when they are at ...
Some such reflections must occur to almost any reader of these pages ; and
exaggerations of disinterestedness in a great man ' s memoirs have an effect
contrary to that which they are intended to produce , especially when they are at ...
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We would here observe that mental emotions of a particular class appear on
several occasions to have had a striking effect on our hero ' s bodily health . The
Iron Duke was more than once prostrated by sickness in the earlier part of his
career ...
We would here observe that mental emotions of a particular class appear on
several occasions to have had a striking effect on our hero ' s bodily health . The
Iron Duke was more than once prostrated by sickness in the earlier part of his
career ...
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He suffered no bad effects from the heat and hardships of his Indian campaigns ;
but he now succumbed again , on losing the command of the Egyptian expedition
, to a bad attack of fever . * And subsequently , as we shall see , he fretted so ...
He suffered no bad effects from the heat and hardships of his Indian campaigns ;
but he now succumbed again , on losing the command of the Egyptian expedition
, to a bad attack of fever . * And subsequently , as we shall see , he fretted so ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Sir John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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