The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 45A. Constable, 1827 |
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... late reign , and coming down pretty nearly to its termina- tion . Without pretending to give - what this generation can scarcely yet need - a particular or connected detail of the trans- actions to which it refers , it exhibits the ...
... late reign , and coming down pretty nearly to its termina- tion . Without pretending to give - what this generation can scarcely yet need - a particular or connected detail of the trans- actions to which it refers , it exhibits the ...
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... late- ly ? -is the work - bag finished ? -how accomplished I am ! —has the man been to untune the harpsichord ? —does it look as if I had been playing on it ? — Shall I be ill to day ? -shall I be nervous ! - Your La'ship was nervous ...
... late- ly ? -is the work - bag finished ? -how accomplished I am ! —has the man been to untune the harpsichord ? —does it look as if I had been playing on it ? — Shall I be ill to day ? -shall I be nervous ! - Your La'ship was nervous ...
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... late reign , to which the eye turns for relief from the arbitrary com- plexion of the rest ; and furnish us with , at least , one consoling instance , where the principles professed by statesmen , when in opposition , were retained and ...
... late reign , to which the eye turns for relief from the arbitrary com- plexion of the rest ; and furnish us with , at least , one consoling instance , where the principles professed by statesmen , when in opposition , were retained and ...
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... late considerably diminished , if not wholly transferred to others . -He saw the party , too , who , from the moment they had ceased to be ruled by him , were associated only in his mind with recollections of unpopularity and defeat ...
... late considerably diminished , if not wholly transferred to others . -He saw the party , too , who , from the moment they had ceased to be ruled by him , were associated only in his mind with recollections of unpopularity and defeat ...
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... late friend Mr Sheridan , that 2007. was the sum proffered to me by Mr Vaughan , and that it was respectfully declined by the family , is perfectly correct . Believe me , my dear Sir , very faithfully yours , ' A. BAIN . ' Thomas Moore ...
... late friend Mr Sheridan , that 2007. was the sum proffered to me by Mr Vaughan , and that it was respectfully declined by the family , is perfectly correct . Believe me , my dear Sir , very faithfully yours , ' A. BAIN . ' Thomas Moore ...
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