Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلدات 1-2Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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الصفحة xiii
... passed at a bound to a conspicuous place among the writers of the time . It might have been expected , from his family con- nections , that he would be a zealous whig and aboli- tionist , and his first contribution to the Edinburgh Re ...
... passed at a bound to a conspicuous place among the writers of the time . It might have been expected , from his family con- nections , that he would be a zealous whig and aboli- tionist , and his first contribution to the Edinburgh Re ...
الصفحة xxv
... by the gorgeous Queen of Gain ; More scornful still , the Queen of Fashion passed , With mincing gait and sneer of cold disdain . The Queen of Power tossed high her jewelled head , BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MACAULAY . XXV.
... by the gorgeous Queen of Gain ; More scornful still , the Queen of Fashion passed , With mincing gait and sneer of cold disdain . The Queen of Power tossed high her jewelled head , BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MACAULAY . XXV.
الصفحة xxvi
... passed away , Came One , the last , the mightiest , and the best . Oh , glorious lady , with the eyes of light And laurels clustering round thy lofty brow , Who by the cradle's side didst watch that night , Warbling a sweet strange ...
... passed away , Came One , the last , the mightiest , and the best . Oh , glorious lady , with the eyes of light And laurels clustering round thy lofty brow , Who by the cradle's side didst watch that night , Warbling a sweet strange ...
الصفحة xxx
... passed as one of the most affectionate of men , and his benevolence to unsuccessful artists and men of letters , absorbed no inconsiderable portion of his income . But in his speeches in parliament , in his essays , and in his history ...
... passed as one of the most affectionate of men , and his benevolence to unsuccessful artists and men of letters , absorbed no inconsiderable portion of his income . But in his speeches in parliament , in his essays , and in his history ...
الصفحة 12
... passed like a flash of lightning by the startled Cethegus flew down the stairs - through the court -through the vestibule through the street . Steps , voices , lights , came fast and confusedly behind her ; —-- but with the speed of ...
... passed like a flash of lightning by the startled Cethegus flew down the stairs - through the court -through the vestibule through the street . Steps , voices , lights , came fast and confusedly behind her ; —-- but with the speed of ...
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