National Review, Volume 3Robert Theobold, 1856 |
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... gives the point to half the anec- dotes . Moore himself notes down a happy case in point : " Bos- well mentions Johnson ... give the leading characteristic to his work , as when Carlyle uses history and biography as wax on which to stamp ...
... gives the point to half the anec- dotes . Moore himself notes down a happy case in point : " Bos- well mentions Johnson ... give the leading characteristic to his work , as when Carlyle uses history and biography as wax on which to stamp ...
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... give of himself . As to letters , usually so much relied on , they are of all things the most fallacious indications of character , whether they be the letters to a man or the letters from him . We don't write to a man to tell him what ...
... give of himself . As to letters , usually so much relied on , they are of all things the most fallacious indications of character , whether they be the letters to a man or the letters from him . We don't write to a man to tell him what ...
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... give with no small éclat Dibdin's songs and the duet with Norah in the " Poor Soldier . " He was a preco- cious boy , — “ an old little crab , " as a rival Irish Cornelia once somewhat splenetically observed , but precocious only in the ...
... give with no small éclat Dibdin's songs and the duet with Norah in the " Poor Soldier . " He was a preco- cious boy , — “ an old little crab , " as a rival Irish Cornelia once somewhat splenetically observed , but precocious only in the ...
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... give , pray what was the cause of your great repugnance to taking the oath ? I have already told you , my lord , my chief reasons ; in addition to which , it was the first oath I ever took , and it was , I think , a very natural ...
... give , pray what was the cause of your great repugnance to taking the oath ? I have already told you , my lord , my chief reasons ; in addition to which , it was the first oath I ever took , and it was , I think , a very natural ...
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... gives a written opinion that it is " in many parts very elegant and poetical , " and that " in some passages Mr. Moore has added a pretty turn not to be found in the original . " The Duke of Bedford is secured . " Every thing goes on ...
... gives a written opinion that it is " in many parts very elegant and poetical , " and that " in some passages Mr. Moore has added a pretty turn not to be found in the original . " The Duke of Bedford is secured . " Every thing goes on ...
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