The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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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 ...
Page 52
And however much the enemy might be inclined to spare those whose
sympathies were probably on his side , he could hardly disregard the fact that , to
disable those who constituted the motive power of the vessel was in fact to place
the ...
And however much the enemy might be inclined to spare those whose
sympathies were probably on his side , he could hardly disregard the fact that , to
disable those who constituted the motive power of the vessel was in fact to place
the ...
Page 60
She interfered in no way in the proceedings against you ; in fact , all was done ,
as it were , behind her back , and without her cognisance . " This flimsy sophistry
was at once dispelled by two simple questions , which Marteilhe , as spokesman
...
She interfered in no way in the proceedings against you ; in fact , all was done ,
as it were , behind her back , and without her cognisance . " This flimsy sophistry
was at once dispelled by two simple questions , which Marteilhe , as spokesman
...
Page 63
... event concludes the very interesting memoir ; but M. Coquerel has been able
to ascertain a few facts which carry down Marteilhe's history somewhat later , and
afford information which we are glad to obtain as to his family and descendants .
... event concludes the very interesting memoir ; but M. Coquerel has been able
to ascertain a few facts which carry down Marteilhe's history somewhat later , and
afford information which we are glad to obtain as to his family and descendants .
Page 64
In this , as in the other arts , we must necessarily wait the advent of the educated
man of science , who has the knowledge , the patience and perseverance ,
requisite to gather together the store of facts which the men of practice have in
the ...
In this , as in the other arts , we must necessarily wait the advent of the educated
man of science , who has the knowledge , the patience and perseverance ,
requisite to gather together the store of facts which the men of practice have in
the ...
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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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