The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Том 76A. Constable, 1843 |
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... respecting them may well defy the curiosity of an ordinary reader . But we are bound to remark , that whenever we have been led to compare the con- flicting accounts of any important event in Mr Alison's history , we have almost ...
... respecting them may well defy the curiosity of an ordinary reader . But we are bound to remark , that whenever we have been led to compare the con- flicting accounts of any important event in Mr Alison's history , we have almost ...
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... respect for his merits as a historian , we are bound to declare our honest opinion , that the attempts displayed in them at impassioned and declamatory eloquence , are generally very far below mediocrity . We have already noticed some ...
... respect for his merits as a historian , we are bound to declare our honest opinion , that the attempts displayed in them at impassioned and declamatory eloquence , are generally very far below mediocrity . We have already noticed some ...
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... respects an improved copy of those of his great original . But Colonel Napier's battle - pieces are in a style which will not bear softening - we had almost said , in a style which will not bear improvement . We know no description so ...
... respects an improved copy of those of his great original . But Colonel Napier's battle - pieces are in a style which will not bear softening - we had almost said , in a style which will not bear improvement . We know no description so ...
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... respecting the system which had brutalized and enraged the French people ; and if they had , they might be excused , at such a crisis , for failing to reason justly upon it . But we are at a loss to conceive how Mr Alison can think it ...
... respecting the system which had brutalized and enraged the French people ; and if they had , they might be excused , at such a crisis , for failing to reason justly upon it . But we are at a loss to conceive how Mr Alison can think it ...
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... respect , ' he asks , ' does this state of things differ from the institutions of China or the Byzantine empire ? ' - ( x . 548. ) In what respect , we prefer to enquire , does it differ from the institutions of France before the ...
... respect , ' he asks , ' does this state of things differ from the institutions of China or the Byzantine empire ? ' - ( x . 548. ) In what respect , we prefer to enquire , does it differ from the institutions of France before the ...
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