The London Quarterly Review, المجلدات 105-106Theodore Foster, 1859 |
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... once been Treasurer of Calais , and was suspected of having betrayed his post . One of the lampoons of the period runs thus : - ' Sir Thomas Cornwallis , what got ye for Calais ? Brome Hall , Brome Hall , as large as a palace . ' His ...
... once been Treasurer of Calais , and was suspected of having betrayed his post . One of the lampoons of the period runs thus : - ' Sir Thomas Cornwallis , what got ye for Calais ? Brome Hall , Brome Hall , as large as a palace . ' His ...
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... once . his probity , his fearlessness , and his habit Amongst his most marked qualities were of plain speaking . His employers were sure to learn the truth from him on all subjects ; and his despatches from British pression of the ...
... once . his probity , his fearlessness , and his habit Amongst his most marked qualities were of plain speaking . His employers were sure to learn the truth from him on all subjects ; and his despatches from British pression of the ...
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... once the whole pre - existing structure of robbery and fraud ; and if the edifice which he raised on its ruins has broken down in parts , the foundations have so far proved solid , that the wisest of his successors have not been afraid ...
... once the whole pre - existing structure of robbery and fraud ; and if the edifice which he raised on its ruins has broken down in parts , the foundations have so far proved solid , that the wisest of his successors have not been afraid ...
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... once disap- pointed the expectations of his chief . On the imperative necessity of a legislative union they were both agreed ; and they were also unanimous as to the mode of car- rying it , and the stipulations to be made with the ...
... once disap- pointed the expectations of his chief . On the imperative necessity of a legislative union they were both agreed ; and they were also unanimous as to the mode of car- rying it , and the stipulations to be made with the ...
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... once again the Governor - General of India , where he died . The interest of the Correspondence continues unabated , but we have exhausted all the space we could devote to it . These volumes will ensure to Charles , first Marquis ...
... once again the Governor - General of India , where he died . The interest of the Correspondence continues unabated , but we have exhausted all the space we could devote to it . These volumes will ensure to Charles , first Marquis ...
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الصفحة 181 - Is man no more than this? Consider him well. Thou owest the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume.
الصفحة 107 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
الصفحة 178 - Now, ever alake! my master dear, I fear a deadly storm! I saw the new moon late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm.
الصفحة 122 - Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.
الصفحة 99 - I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it.
الصفحة 250 - With his white hair unbonneted, the stout old sheriff comes ; Behind him march the halberdiers ; before him sound the drums ; His yeomen, round the market-cross, make clear an ample space, For there behoves him to set up the standard of Her Grace. And haughtily the trumpets peal, and gaily dance the bells, As slow upon the labouring wind the royal blazon swells.
الصفحة 130 - And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them ; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
الصفحة 110 - The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write : a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
الصفحة 120 - Then, (said Johnson,) I will take no more physic, not even my opiates: for I have prayed that I may render up my soul to GOD unclouded.
الصفحة 27 - As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for Comedy and Tragedy among the Latins, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...