The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 23
... as daylight lasted , and the exhausted state of the men and horses would allow
, and slept on the field . " Mr. Gleig intersperses his work with many portions of
conversations , or descriptions , or opinions , from the Duke's lips ; but the effect ...
... as daylight lasted , and the exhausted state of the men and horses would allow
, and slept on the field . " Mr. Gleig intersperses his work with many portions of
conversations , or descriptions , or opinions , from the Duke's lips ; but the effect ...
Page 26
A remark that once dropped from him , to the effect that he was never so much
inclined to think himself wrong as when he differed from Sir John Malcolm , ' is
still remembered in the Malcolm family ; and he expressed his own opinion of
their ...
A remark that once dropped from him , to the effect that he was never so much
inclined to think himself wrong as when he differed from Sir John Malcolm , ' is
still remembered in the Malcolm family ; and he expressed his own opinion of
their ...
Page 38
It produced a great effect , and Sir Arthur ' s views were unanimously adopted by
the Cabinet on the refusal of the Spaniards to receive a British garrison at Cadiz .
The grand opportunity for which our great soldier had been yearning and ...
It produced a great effect , and Sir Arthur ' s views were unanimously adopted by
the Cabinet on the refusal of the Spaniards to receive a British garrison at Cadiz .
The grand opportunity for which our great soldier had been yearning and ...
Page 43
Jean Marteilhe , then but sixteen years of age , managed to effect his escape
from Bergerac by night , in company with a young friend and fellow - townsman of
about his own age ; they entered into a compact together , while they implored
the ...
Jean Marteilhe , then but sixteen years of age , managed to effect his escape
from Bergerac by night , in company with a young friend and fellow - townsman of
about his own age ; they entered into a compact together , while they implored
the ...
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hearing of their cause was postponed at the instance of the curate , who desired
to have time allowed for their conversion , This process , however , it was sought
to effect rather by temporal than by spiritual arguments . With the latter he ...
hearing of their cause was postponed at the instance of the curate , who desired
to have time allowed for their conversion , This process , however , it was sought
to effect rather by temporal than by spiritual arguments . With the latter he ...
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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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