Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and Corrections. 1st [-3rd] SerLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1874 - 411 من الصفحات |
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... arms and good shoulders than good heads , I think we are yet to be informed . ' " The wit of irony ( says Sydney Smith , in his Lectures ) consists in the surprise excited by the discovery of that relation which exists between the ...
... arms and good shoulders than good heads , I think we are yet to be informed . ' " The wit of irony ( says Sydney Smith , in his Lectures ) consists in the surprise excited by the discovery of that relation which exists between the ...
الصفحة 49
... an American , as I am an Englishman , while a foreign troop was landed in my country , I never would lay down my arms - never - never — never . VOL . III . E In a just and necessary war , to maintain the ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE . 49.
... an American , as I am an Englishman , while a foreign troop was landed in my country , I never would lay down my arms - never - never — never . VOL . III . E In a just and necessary war , to maintain the ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE . 49.
الصفحة 53
... arm of England will protect him against injustice and wrong . ' 1 It was on the fourth night of the same debate ( June 28 , 1850 ) that Sir Alexander Cockburn ( now Chief Justice of England ) established a reputation for eloquence ...
... arm of England will protect him against injustice and wrong . ' 1 It was on the fourth night of the same debate ( June 28 , 1850 ) that Sir Alexander Cockburn ( now Chief Justice of England ) established a reputation for eloquence ...
الصفحة 66
... arms that drove your bayonets at Vimeira through the phalanxes that never reeled in the shock of war before ? What desperate valour climbed the steeps and filled the moats at Badajoz ? All his vic- tories should have rushed and crowded ...
... arms that drove your bayonets at Vimeira through the phalanxes that never reeled in the shock of war before ? What desperate valour climbed the steeps and filled the moats at Badajoz ? All his vic- tories should have rushed and crowded ...
الصفحة 81
... arms between Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Disraeli came off in the debate on the budget ( Nov. 1853 ) , when the Derby government was defeated by a majority of nineteen . It had lasted four nights . Mr. Gladstone had not spoken . Sir James ...
... arms between Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Disraeli came off in the debate on the budget ( Nov. 1853 ) , when the Derby government was defeated by a majority of nineteen . It had lasted four nights . Mr. Gladstone had not spoken . Sir James ...
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