The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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over every part of the country , and rigorous orders were given to stop any person
passing the frontiers without a passport . ... But the escape of these fortunate
persons was not effected without fearful risk : confinement to the galleys for life
was ...
over every part of the country , and rigorous orders were given to stop any person
passing the frontiers without a passport . ... But the escape of these fortunate
persons was not effected without fearful risk : confinement to the galleys for life
was ...
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... be glad if it should be the means of making his touching narrative better known
. I was born , ' says the writer , at Bergerac , a small town in the province of
Perigord , in the year 1684 , my parents being persons of the middle class
engaged in ...
... be glad if it should be the means of making his touching narrative better known
. I was born , ' says the writer , at Bergerac , a small town in the province of
Perigord , in the year 1684 , my parents being persons of the middle class
engaged in ...
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Sometimes , too , they were einployed on State occasions to convey persons of
eminence , or in the service of the Government , to some port in the
Mediterranean . 1 But the chief use of the galleys was as a The Hugonots at the
Galleys . 47.
Sometimes , too , they were einployed on State occasions to convey persons of
eminence , or in the service of the Government , to some port in the
Mediterranean . 1 But the chief use of the galleys was as a The Hugonots at the
Galleys . 47.
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But the chief use of the galleys was as a place of custody and punishment for
persons convicted of flagrant crimes , among which at the time of which we speak
, none was regarded as more heinous or meriting severer treatment than the ...
But the chief use of the galleys was as a place of custody and punishment for
persons convicted of flagrant crimes , among which at the time of which we speak
, none was regarded as more heinous or meriting severer treatment than the ...
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Sometimes the persons in authority over the slaves were in their secret hearts
friendly to the faith which they had not the courage openly to profess ; sometimes
they were worked upon by Protestant friends or connexions . We may collect , too
...
Sometimes the persons in authority over the slaves were in their secret hearts
friendly to the faith which they had not the courage openly to profess ; sometimes
they were worked upon by Protestant friends or connexions . We may collect , too
...
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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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