The Quarterly Review, Volume 183William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, John Murray, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1896 |
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... Nature , ' Jan. 23 , 1896. ) 2. Röntgen's Photography of the Invisible . By A. A. Campbell Swinton . ( A Paper read before the Society of Arts , March 4 , 1896. ) And other Works . · X. - The Queen's Prime Ministers . Nine Vols . London ...
... Nature , ' Jan. 23 , 1896. ) 2. Röntgen's Photography of the Invisible . By A. A. Campbell Swinton . ( A Paper read before the Society of Arts , March 4 , 1896. ) And other Works . · X. - The Queen's Prime Ministers . Nine Vols . London ...
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... nature , and so fast , did make us all die almost with laughing , and did so stop the mouth of Sir J. Minnes in the middle of all his mirth ( and in a thing agreeing with his own manner of genius ) , that I never saw any man so outdone ...
... nature , and so fast , did make us all die almost with laughing , and did so stop the mouth of Sir J. Minnes in the middle of all his mirth ( and in a thing agreeing with his own manner of genius ) , that I never saw any man so outdone ...
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... nature of vegetables . ' The acquaint- ance of so well - informed and polished a gentleman was an opportunity to be improved . So Mr. Pepys seems to have thought , for not long after he made another visit to his accom- plished neighbour ...
... nature of vegetables . ' The acquaint- ance of so well - informed and polished a gentleman was an opportunity to be improved . So Mr. Pepys seems to have thought , for not long after he made another visit to his accom- plished neighbour ...
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... natural piety ' which , combined with the ennobling influences of his home and education , enabled him to hold an even course amid severe personal trials and unexampled political commotions . But the principles and conduct of Pepys are ...
... natural piety ' which , combined with the ennobling influences of his home and education , enabled him to hold an even course amid severe personal trials and unexampled political commotions . But the principles and conduct of Pepys are ...
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... nature likely to penetrate the inner motives of men or to invite their closer confidence . The rulers of the Navy relied much upon him in Admiralty business , and he was charged with some delicate commissions in the family circle of his ...
... nature likely to penetrate the inner motives of men or to invite their closer confidence . The rulers of the Navy relied much upon him in Admiralty business , and he was charged with some delicate commissions in the family circle of his ...
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