The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary Portraits, Том 2H. Colburn, 1825 - 408 стор. |
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... pains to do more than signify his contempt or displeasure . If a great man meets with a rebuff which he does not like , he turns on his heel , and this passes for a repartee . The Noble Author says of a celebrated bar- rister and critic ...
... pains to do more than signify his contempt or displeasure . If a great man meets with a rebuff which he does not like , he turns on his heel , and this passes for a repartee . The Noble Author says of a celebrated bar- rister and critic ...
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... pains . There is an apparent consciousness of this in most of his writings . He has attained to great excellence by aiming at the greatest , by a cautious and yet daring selection of topics , and by studiously ( and with a religious ...
... pains . There is an apparent consciousness of this in most of his writings . He has attained to great excellence by aiming at the greatest , by a cautious and yet daring selection of topics , and by studiously ( and with a religious ...
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... painful . His poetry has an official and professional air . He is called in to cases of difficult births , of fractured limbs , or breaches of the peace ; and makes out a parochial list of accidents and offences . He takes the most ...
... painful . His poetry has an official and professional air . He is called in to cases of difficult births , of fractured limbs , or breaches of the peace ; and makes out a parochial list of accidents and offences . He takes the most ...
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... pain for the event . He did not slur his own character and pretensions , but he compromised the argument . He spoke the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth ; but the House of Commons ( we dare aver it ) is not the place ...
... pain for the event . He did not slur his own character and pretensions , but he compromised the argument . He spoke the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth ; but the House of Commons ( we dare aver it ) is not the place ...
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... painful admission- " Of lamentation loud heard through the rueful air . " The immediate occasion of this sudden and violent change in Sir James's views and opi- nions was attributed to a personal interview which he had had a little ...
... painful admission- " Of lamentation loud heard through the rueful air . " The immediate occasion of this sudden and violent change in Sir James's views and opi- nions was attributed to a personal interview which he had had a little ...
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