The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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But in studying the Duke ' s real character and motives we gain more from private
letters than from either despatches or reports — always more or less doubtful - of
conversations . Of those with whom he corresponded when in India there was ...
But in studying the Duke ' s real character and motives we gain more from private
letters than from either despatches or reports — always more or less doubtful - of
conversations . Of those with whom he corresponded when in India there was ...
Page 35
... time of the conversation objected to by Mr. Gleig , between the Duke and Mr.
Croker , the question of line versus Quarterly Review , vol . xcii . p . 519 . D 2
column had not , as far as we are aware. column less The Personal Life of
Wellington .
... time of the conversation objected to by Mr. Gleig , between the Duke and Mr.
Croker , the question of line versus Quarterly Review , vol . xcii . p . 519 . D 2
column had not , as far as we are aware. column less The Personal Life of
Wellington .
Page 40
... the details of whose sufferings were out of sight and little known , excite in our
minds a inuch less keen emotion . It conveys , indeed , a vague notion of severe
and unremitting labour ; but we do not recognise in it what it really was — a form
...
... the details of whose sufferings were out of sight and little known , excite in our
minds a inuch less keen emotion . It conveys , indeed , a vague notion of severe
and unremitting labour ; but we do not recognise in it what it really was — a form
...
Page 41
less than 1480 convicts , condemned to the galleys for adherence to the reformed
faith during the period referred to . Almost every variety of age , class , and
condition , is represented in these rolls . The youth of fifteen or sixteen ,
sentenced for ...
less than 1480 convicts , condemned to the galleys for adherence to the reformed
faith during the period referred to . Almost every variety of age , class , and
condition , is represented in these rolls . The youth of fifteen or sixteen ,
sentenced for ...
Page 42
The style of the narrative in its graphic simplicity reminds us of Defoe ; but the
well - authenticated facts which it relates are more interesting than fiction , and
the incidents not less strange . The pictures which Miss Ouvry has drawn in her
two ...
The style of the narrative in its graphic simplicity reminds us of Defoe ; but the
well - authenticated facts which it relates are more interesting than fiction , and
the incidents not less strange . The pictures which Miss Ouvry has drawn in her
two ...
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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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