The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Том 76A. Constable, 1843 |
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... never fails to give of the situations in which the most important manoeuvres of the war took place . His sketches are written with as much spirit as topographical knowledge ; and he not only impresses on the memory the principal ...
... never fails to give of the situations in which the most important manoeuvres of the war took place . His sketches are written with as much spirit as topographical knowledge ; and he not only impresses on the memory the principal ...
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... , hol- low , and exaggerated . With Colonel Napier himself the last is never the case . His faults are as racy and as characteristic as his beauties ; and in his boldest offences against taste 8 Oct. Alison's History of Europe .
... , hol- low , and exaggerated . With Colonel Napier himself the last is never the case . His faults are as racy and as characteristic as his beauties ; and in his boldest offences against taste 8 Oct. Alison's History of Europe .
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... never to be recovered , by the supercilious neglect of over formal historians . We would have all circumstances pre- served which can add the least effect to the narrative , however trivial they may appear . But we do not see the ...
... never to be recovered , by the supercilious neglect of over formal historians . We would have all circumstances pre- served which can add the least effect to the narrative , however trivial they may appear . But we do not see the ...
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... never to revive . A thirst for excitement every where prevails , and general selfishness disgraces the nation . Religion has never resumed its sway over the influential classes . . And the general depravity renders indispensable a ...
... never to revive . A thirst for excitement every where prevails , and general selfishness disgraces the nation . Religion has never resumed its sway over the influential classes . . And the general depravity renders indispensable a ...
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... never exists without producing the happiest effects . Every concession which is calculated to increase this species of liberty , is com- ' paratively safe in all ages and in all places . But there is another principle , strong at all ...
... never exists without producing the happiest effects . Every concession which is calculated to increase this species of liberty , is com- ' paratively safe in all ages and in all places . But there is another principle , strong at all ...
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