The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 129
Political feeling may have had its influence . The heart of George III . was in
affairs of state , and he was not unlikely to be prejudiced against the pictures of a
man who knew no distinction in his associates between King's men and liberals .
Political feeling may have had its influence . The heart of George III . was in
affairs of state , and he was not unlikely to be prejudiced against the pictures of a
man who knew no distinction in his associates between King's men and liberals .
Page 153
This could be only conjecture , for Sir Joshua , who never alluded to his own
merits , would certainly not have avowed his expectation that the most illustrious
man of that generation would turn aside from his political pursuits to hand him
down ...
This could be only conjecture , for Sir Joshua , who never alluded to his own
merits , would certainly not have avowed his expectation that the most illustrious
man of that generation would turn aside from his political pursuits to hand him
down ...
Page 176
It was this constitution that earned for the Manx the encomium of remarkably
illustrating that spirit of freedom and political ability which animated the men who
in ancient times emigrated from Norway and the rest of the Scandinavian North .
It was this constitution that earned for the Manx the encomium of remarkably
illustrating that spirit of freedom and political ability which animated the men who
in ancient times emigrated from Norway and the rest of the Scandinavian North .
Page 223
Inheriting , as this does , some of the qualities of each ancestral stock , it plays an
important part in the social and political history of every tropical colony . To the
intelligence and often to the acquirements of the white race it unites the impulsive
...
Inheriting , as this does , some of the qualities of each ancestral stock , it plays an
important part in the social and political history of every tropical colony . To the
intelligence and often to the acquirements of the white race it unites the impulsive
...
Page 224
... which he took advantage of the distress caused by a long drought in certain
districts of Jamaica , to infer the existence of a general poverty and depression ,
and to attribute these to certain political grievances , which he specially
described .
... which he took advantage of the distress caused by a long drought in certain
districts of Jamaica , to infer the existence of a general poverty and depression ,
and to attribute these to certain political grievances , which he specially
described .
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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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