Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and CorrectionsLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1858 |
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... tion concerning the rise of this general prejudice , I freely own that I am a slave to it myself . " Sydney Smith had none of it . He once laughingly declared , in reference to the somewhat laboured attempt of the author of " Waverley ...
... tion concerning the rise of this general prejudice , I freely own that I am a slave to it myself . " Sydney Smith had none of it . He once laughingly declared , in reference to the somewhat laboured attempt of the author of " Waverley ...
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... tion , she had become the chosen resort of several young Englishmen who have since done honour to their training , and proved a source of becoming pride to their nursing mother . Lord Lansdowne , Lord Webb Seymour , Francis Horner , and ...
... tion , she had become the chosen resort of several young Englishmen who have since done honour to their training , and proved a source of becoming pride to their nursing mother . Lord Lansdowne , Lord Webb Seymour , Francis Horner , and ...
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... tion for the critic and capital practice for the contro- versialist ; but , as regards the development of his thinking powers , commend us to the lonely medi- tations of Salisbury Plain . The Memoir is singularly meagre of information ...
... tion for the critic and capital practice for the contro- versialist ; but , as regards the development of his thinking powers , commend us to the lonely medi- tations of Salisbury Plain . The Memoir is singularly meagre of information ...
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... tion the extent of their obligations to him , she asks , " What other private gentleman of our day , uncon- nected with Parliament , without rank or fortune , has been able by a few pages from his pen to electrify the country , as he ...
... tion the extent of their obligations to him , she asks , " What other private gentleman of our day , uncon- nected with Parliament , without rank or fortune , has been able by a few pages from his pen to electrify the country , as he ...
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... us , although they contain ample confirmation ( were any needed ) of his soundness of principle , his unaffected piety , his unde- viating rectitude of purpose , his affectionate disposi- tion , E 2 HIS LIFE , CHARACTER , AND WRITINGS . 51.
... us , although they contain ample confirmation ( were any needed ) of his soundness of principle , his unaffected piety , his unde- viating rectitude of purpose , his affectionate disposi- tion , E 2 HIS LIFE , CHARACTER , AND WRITINGS . 51.
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