The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 24A. Constable, 1814 |
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Page 47
... reason for excluding fictitious narratives in verse from the History of Fiction . But we apprehend that verse is by no means incom- patible with accurate and minute description ; for which we may appeal to the finest poems that have ...
... reason for excluding fictitious narratives in verse from the History of Fiction . But we apprehend that verse is by no means incom- patible with accurate and minute description ; for which we may appeal to the finest poems that have ...
Page 102
... reason to complain of letting farms by auction , with a power of selection on the part of the proprietor . Our objection to letting by private offers is , that this mode of doing business is unusual , and of rather a mysterious nature ...
... reason to complain of letting farms by auction , with a power of selection on the part of the proprietor . Our objection to letting by private offers is , that this mode of doing business is unusual , and of rather a mysterious nature ...
Page 497
... reasons in favour of re- strictions , we see no reason to believe , either that our agricul ture , however it may be checked for a time , will permanently decline under a system of free importation , or that we shall ever be brought ...
... reasons in favour of re- strictions , we see no reason to believe , either that our agricul ture , however it may be checked for a time , will permanently decline under a system of free importation , or that we shall ever be brought ...
Contents
The Excursion being a portion of the Recluse | 1 |
On the Light of the Cassegrainian Telescope com | 31 |
Select Passages of the Writings of St Chrysostom | 58 |
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