The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 70
... authorities recovered from their panic ; but a century later , in 1493 , the mob were more successful , for they broke into the place and completely gutted it . The Steelyard merchants were also in great peril during the serious riot ...
... authorities recovered from their panic ; but a century later , in 1493 , the mob were more successful , for they broke into the place and completely gutted it . The Steelyard merchants were also in great peril during the serious riot ...
Page 113
... authority . At the interval of three weeks he contributed another essay to the ' Idler , ' and took for his subject the imitation of nature . Farington relates that the pictures which then ' produced astonishment and delight were the ...
... authority . At the interval of three weeks he contributed another essay to the ' Idler , ' and took for his subject the imitation of nature . Farington relates that the pictures which then ' produced astonishment and delight were the ...
Page 128
... authority . West was next employed to remove his incredulity . He was at last convinced , and when , in company with West , he arrived late at the meeting there was a general burst of satisfac- tion . By common consent he was appointed ...
... authority . West was next employed to remove his incredulity . He was at last convinced , and when , in company with West , he arrived late at the meeting there was a general burst of satisfac- tion . By common consent he was appointed ...
Page 135
... authority of Northcote and Field is incomparably higher than that of an obscure resident in a provincial town . The cha- racter of Reynolds is against it , for Northcote says that he was always careful not to make any man his enemy ...
... authority of Northcote and Field is incomparably higher than that of an obscure resident in a provincial town . The cha- racter of Reynolds is against it , for Northcote says that he was always careful not to make any man his enemy ...
Page 163
... authority principally by his hold upon the superstition of his subjects . He professed to be a great rain doctor , and pretended to apportion the supply according to the liberality of the people ; his maxim being No goats no rain . ' He ...
... authority principally by his hold upon the superstition of his subjects . He professed to be a great rain doctor , and pretended to apportion the supply according to the liberality of the people ; his maxim being No goats no rain . ' He ...
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