The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 45A. Constable, 1827 |
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... period - the best estimate of the great events by which it was distinguished - and not only the ablest exposition of the causes which led to them , and the principles they served either to establish or expose , but the most truly ...
... period - the best estimate of the great events by which it was distinguished - and not only the ablest exposition of the causes which led to them , and the principles they served either to establish or expose , but the most truly ...
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... period of his existence , that long before the end of his own life , his place might be considered as ultimately fixed among the Immortals , and the public opinion as finally made up on the character and merit of his productions . There ...
... period of his existence , that long before the end of his own life , his place might be considered as ultimately fixed among the Immortals , and the public opinion as finally made up on the character and merit of his productions . There ...
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... period of life , we might suppose to have been the rapid offspring of a careless , but vigorous fancy - antici- pating the results of experience by a sort of second - sight inspiration- should , on the contrary , have been the slow ...
... period of life , we might suppose to have been the rapid offspring of a careless , but vigorous fancy - antici- pating the results of experience by a sort of second - sight inspiration- should , on the contrary , have been the slow ...
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... period at which Mr Sheridan entered upon his political career was , in every respect , remarkable . A persevering and vindictive war a- gainst America , with the folly and guilt of which the obstinacy of the Court and the acquiescence ...
... period at which Mr Sheridan entered upon his political career was , in every respect , remarkable . A persevering and vindictive war a- gainst America , with the folly and guilt of which the obstinacy of the Court and the acquiescence ...
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... period of the annals of the 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 ...
... period of the annals of the 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 ...
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