The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 27
... might arise , which would make your situation in the subordinate part it might
fall to your share to act unpleasant ; but a sense of duty and zeal for the public
service would prevent such feelings having weight ; and after the principles of the
...
... might arise , which would make your situation in the subordinate part it might
fall to your share to act unpleasant ; but a sense of duty and zeal for the public
service would prevent such feelings having weight ; and after the principles of the
...
Page 28
We do not by any means think that the principle of duty — thus pressed upon
Arthur Wellesley by John Malcolm , and frequently enough pressed upon others
by Arthur , Duke of Wellington — was in this instance sacrificed to self - interest ,
for ...
We do not by any means think that the principle of duty — thus pressed upon
Arthur Wellesley by John Malcolm , and frequently enough pressed upon others
by Arthur , Duke of Wellington — was in this instance sacrificed to self - interest ,
for ...
Page 32
He was , perhaps , the most open , and therefore the most honest , trafficker in
Parliamentary support that ever bartered place or pension for votes . He never
affected to believe in the principles of his correspondents . He knew them to be
venal ...
He was , perhaps , the most open , and therefore the most honest , trafficker in
Parliamentary support that ever bartered place or pension for votes . He never
affected to believe in the principles of his correspondents . He knew them to be
venal ...
Page 42
... who , by the grace of God , lived and remained constant anto death in the
principles of the reformed faith , and whose conduct was without reproach ,
bringing. faith , The Hugonots at the Galleys .
... who , by the grace of God , lived and remained constant anto death in the
principles of the reformed faith , and whose conduct was without reproach ,
bringing. faith , The Hugonots at the Galleys .
Page 43
It was in the year 1699 , that the Duke de la Force , a renegade from the
principles of the reformed faith , which his ancestors had nobly upheld and
suffered for , obtained a commission from the King to go down to Perigord , in
which province ...
It was in the year 1699 , that the Duke de la Force , a renegade from the
principles of the reformed faith , which his ancestors had nobly upheld and
suffered for , obtained a commission from the King to go down to Perigord , in
which province ...
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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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