Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1907 |
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Page 523
... CROKER , LL.D. , F.R.S. Five volumes , 8vo . London : 1831 . Whatever faults we THIS work has greatly disappointed ... Croker's performance are on a par with those of a certain leg of mutton on which Dr. Johnson dined , while travelling ...
... CROKER , LL.D. , F.R.S. Five volumes , 8vo . London : 1831 . Whatever faults we THIS work has greatly disappointed ... Croker's performance are on a par with those of a certain leg of mutton on which Dr. Johnson dined , while travelling ...
Page 524
... Croker informs us , that Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo , the author of the Life of Beattie , died in 1816. A Sir William Forbes undoubtedly died in that year , but not the Sir William Forbes in question , whose death took place in 1806 ...
... Croker informs us , that Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo , the author of the Life of Beattie , died in 1816. A Sir William Forbes undoubtedly died in that year , but not the Sir William Forbes in question , whose death took place in 1806 ...
Page 525
... Croker , " was said to be the autobiography of Frederick Prince of Wales , but was probably written by Ralph his secretary . " A more absurd note never was penned . The History of Prince Titi , to which Mr. Croker refers , whether ...
... Croker , " was said to be the autobiography of Frederick Prince of Wales , but was probably written by Ralph his secretary . " A more absurd note never was penned . The History of Prince Titi , to which Mr. Croker refers , whether ...
Page 526
... Croker cites as the authority for his statement . 66 Mr. Croker tells us that the great Marquis of Montrose was beheaded at Edinburgh in 1650.2 There is not a forward boy at any school in England who does not know that the marquis was ...
... Croker cites as the authority for his statement . 66 Mr. Croker tells us that the great Marquis of Montrose was beheaded at Edinburgh in 1650.2 There is not a forward boy at any school in England who does not know that the marquis was ...
Page 527
... Croker makes these random assertions . We do not suspect him of intentionally falsifying history . But of this high literary misdemeanour we do without hesitation accuse him , that he has no adequate sense of the obligation which a ...
... Croker makes these random assertions . We do not suspect him of intentionally falsifying history . But of this high literary misdemeanour we do without hesitation accuse him , that he has no adequate sense of the obligation which a ...
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