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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... fortune of Russia in possessing such a ruler , he replied , Alas , Madame , I am nothing but a happy accident . ' Can the British Parliament , looking either to its origin , its constitution , or its growth , be honestly described as ...
... fortune of Russia in possessing such a ruler , he replied , Alas , Madame , I am nothing but a happy accident . ' Can the British Parliament , looking either to its origin , its constitution , or its growth , be honestly described as ...
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... fortune in his hand . ' It was in this plenitude of pride and power in which the satirist has painted him , that Wolsey , fearing lest a subsidy of extraordinary amount ( 800,000l . ) might not pass smoothly , announced his intention to ...
... fortune in his hand . ' It was in this plenitude of pride and power in which the satirist has painted him , that Wolsey , fearing lest a subsidy of extraordinary amount ( 800,000l . ) might not pass smoothly , announced his intention to ...
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... fortune , the Duke of Wellington was the unconscious instrument of accele- rating that increase of popular power which has proved so detrimental to the legitimate influence of the heredi- tary assembly . When at the meeting of ...
... fortune , the Duke of Wellington was the unconscious instrument of accele- rating that increase of popular power which has proved so detrimental to the legitimate influence of the heredi- tary assembly . When at the meeting of ...
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... fortune , raised to be chief minister of State by the concurrence of many whimsical events . ' Walpole , supposing ... fortunes , and others of desperate views , arising from disappointed and malicious hearts : all these gentlemen , with ...
... fortune , raised to be chief minister of State by the concurrence of many whimsical events . ' Walpole , supposing ... fortunes , and others of desperate views , arising from disappointed and malicious hearts : all these gentlemen , with ...
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... succession of telling sentences which went far towards making the fortune of the speech . Mr. T. Grenville told Rogers , ' His ( Fox's ) speeches were full " of repetitions he used to say that it was necessary ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE .
... succession of telling sentences which went far towards making the fortune of the speech . Mr. T. Grenville told Rogers , ' His ( Fox's ) speeches were full " of repetitions he used to say that it was necessary ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE .
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