The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 8A. Constable, 1806 |
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Page 47
... lords of Guienne and Burgundy paid homage to their liege the King of France . But the ki gs of France knew well , that by a prudent policy these provinces mighs revert to the crown ; intermarriages might be made ; wars be- tween the ...
... lords of Guienne and Burgundy paid homage to their liege the King of France . But the ki gs of France knew well , that by a prudent policy these provinces mighs revert to the crown ; intermarriages might be made ; wars be- tween the ...
Page 102
... Lord Dundas , who now enjoys all the revenues which formerly belonged to the potent Earls of Orkney . Book III . exhibits the prefent ftate of these Islands , their fa- vourable fituation and circumftances , and the advantages that ...
... Lord Dundas , who now enjoys all the revenues which formerly belonged to the potent Earls of Orkney . Book III . exhibits the prefent ftate of these Islands , their fa- vourable fituation and circumftances , and the advantages that ...
Page 113
... by an offer which was made on the part of Lord Halifax , then at the head of the Board of Trade , VOL . VIII . NO . 15 . H to to receive him into the fituation of his private fecretary 1806 . 113 Cumberland's Memoirs .
... by an offer which was made on the part of Lord Halifax , then at the head of the Board of Trade , VOL . VIII . NO . 15 . H to to receive him into the fituation of his private fecretary 1806 . 113 Cumberland's Memoirs .
Page 114
... Lord Halifax was a model his addrefs was noble and in- preffive ; he could never be miftaken for lefs than he was , whilst b official fecretary , Pownall , who egregiously overacted his imitations him , could as little be mistaken for ...
... Lord Halifax was a model his addrefs was noble and in- preffive ; he could never be miftaken for lefs than he was , whilst b official fecretary , Pownall , who egregiously overacted his imitations him , could as little be mistaken for ...
Page 116
... Lord Melcombe , all the flashes of his wit , all the ftudied phrafes and well - turned periods of his rhetoric loft their effect fimply because the orator had laid afide his magifterial tye , and and put on a modern bag wig , which was ...
... Lord Melcombe , all the flashes of his wit , all the ftudied phrafes and well - turned periods of his rhetoric loft their effect fimply because the orator had laid afide his magifterial tye , and and put on a modern bag wig , which was ...
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