The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 109
... possessed . The censure might more properly have been directed against Goldsmith , who used to confess to Reynolds , with a laugh , that he had no comprehension of painting . A passage in the Citizen of the World ' is a proof that his ...
... possessed . The censure might more properly have been directed against Goldsmith , who used to confess to Reynolds , with a laugh , that he had no comprehension of painting . A passage in the Citizen of the World ' is a proof that his ...
Page 118
... possession of his house . He was not much addicted to mere gaiety , but no man had a keener zest for mental intercourse . He was as fond of London , ' says Malone , as Dr. Johnson , always maintaining that it was the only place in ...
... possession of his house . He was not much addicted to mere gaiety , but no man had a keener zest for mental intercourse . He was as fond of London , ' says Malone , as Dr. Johnson , always maintaining that it was the only place in ...
Page 167
... possession of any precise information with respect to its effluent , which , in conformity with physical laws , we should naturally expect to find at one of its extremities rather than at its side . The lake at Magungo , the furthest ...
... possession of any precise information with respect to its effluent , which , in conformity with physical laws , we should naturally expect to find at one of its extremities rather than at its side . The lake at Magungo , the furthest ...
Page 169
... possessed canoes and carried on a trade with the opposite coast . The furthest southern point reached by Mr. Baker was lat . 1 ° 13 ' , from whence he navigated the lake along its eastern shore for thirteen days , when he arrived at ...
... possessed canoes and carried on a trade with the opposite coast . The furthest southern point reached by Mr. Baker was lat . 1 ° 13 ' , from whence he navigated the lake along its eastern shore for thirteen days , when he arrived at ...
Page 170
... possessed in the midst of danger , inflexible in resolution , and with a keen perception of character and a consummate skill in turning it to account , he possessed a combination of qualities , the absence of one of which might have ...
... possessed in the midst of danger , inflexible in resolution , and with a keen perception of character and a consummate skill in turning it to account , he possessed a combination of qualities , the absence of one of which might have ...
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