Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and Corrections : Third SeriesLongmans, Green, 1874 - 411 من الصفحات |
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... mind of some of their services , and the obligations you owe them for the same . To speak nothing of one of my Lords Commissioners ' valour at Bristol , 1 nor of another noble lord's brave adventure at the Bear- garden , I must tell you ...
... mind of some of their services , and the obligations you owe them for the same . To speak nothing of one of my Lords Commissioners ' valour at Bristol , 1 nor of another noble lord's brave adventure at the Bear- garden , I must tell you ...
الصفحة 47
... mind for a still more ludicrous word , he slowly pronounced , " I say the woman was fundamentally sensible , " as if he had said , Hear this word , and laugh if you dare . We all sat composed as at a funeral . ' the religion of Britain ...
... mind for a still more ludicrous word , he slowly pronounced , " I say the woman was fundamentally sensible , " as if he had said , Hear this word , and laugh if you dare . We all sat composed as at a funeral . ' the religion of Britain ...
الصفحة 49
... mind , which , I fear , nothing can remove ; but which impels me to endeavour its alleviation , by a free and ... minds of your enemies -to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ; devoting them and their possessions ...
... mind , which , I fear , nothing can remove ; but which impels me to endeavour its alleviation , by a free and ... minds of your enemies -to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ; devoting them and their possessions ...
الصفحة 51
... mind comes out . ' This habit of giving the rein to his impulsiveness and diverging from the argument at will , spoiled him for a debater ; although it favoured the display of his unequalled powers of ridicule , sarcasm , and invective ...
... mind comes out . ' This habit of giving the rein to his impulsiveness and diverging from the argument at will , spoiled him for a debater ; although it favoured the display of his unequalled powers of ridicule , sarcasm , and invective ...
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... mind was so thoroughly imbued with classical literature , that it colours his speeches like the shifting , varying , yet constantly prevalent hue in shot - silk . Thus , in his great speech on the Slave Trade , after expressing a ...
... mind was so thoroughly imbued with classical literature , that it colours his speeches like the shifting , varying , yet constantly prevalent hue in shot - silk . Thus , in his great speech on the Slave Trade , after expressing a ...
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