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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... letter in the Grenville Correspondence showing that the practice extended to the Peers : 6 ' London , November 26 , 1763 . Honoured Sir , I am very much obliged to you for that freedom of converse you this morning indulged me in , which ...
... letter in the Grenville Correspondence showing that the practice extended to the Peers : 6 ' London , November 26 , 1763 . Honoured Sir , I am very much obliged to you for that freedom of converse you this morning indulged me in , which ...
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... letter from Charles Fox to the first Earl Grey , earnestly condoling with him on the acceptance of a peerage by his father ; and who would not con- dole with a man of energy , laudable ambition , eminent political ability and debating ...
... letter from Charles Fox to the first Earl Grey , earnestly condoling with him on the acceptance of a peerage by his father ; and who would not con- dole with a man of energy , laudable ambition , eminent political ability and debating ...
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... letters and civilised society . The whole dis- course and language of the moderns were polluted with mysterious jargon , and full of the lowest and most vulgar hypocrisy . ' 6 This was partly true of Vane , Cromwell , and many others ...
... letters and civilised society . The whole dis- course and language of the moderns were polluted with mysterious jargon , and full of the lowest and most vulgar hypocrisy . ' 6 This was partly true of Vane , Cromwell , and many others ...
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... letter reproaching him with driving to chapel in his carriage , and remind- ing him that this was not our Blessed Lord's mode of travelling . He then said : ' I must admit that it is not . But if the writer of this letter will come here ...
... letter reproaching him with driving to chapel in his carriage , and remind- ing him that this was not our Blessed Lord's mode of travelling . He then said : ' I must admit that it is not . But if the writer of this letter will come here ...
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... letter : to begin without knowing what you are going to say , and end without knowing what you have said . ' I must sit still , ' he once said . aside to Lord Shelburne , for , when once I am up , everything that is in my mind comes out ...
... letter : to begin without knowing what you are going to say , and end without knowing what you have said . ' I must sit still , ' he once said . aside to Lord Shelburne , for , when once I am up , everything that is in my mind comes out ...
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