Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1907 |
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Page 38
... lady who , as an interpreter between the mind of Germany and the mind of Britain , has already deserved so well of both countries . The subject of this book has always appeared to us singularly interesting . How it was that ...
... lady who , as an interpreter between the mind of Germany and the mind of Britain , has already deserved so well of both countries . The subject of this book has always appeared to us singularly interesting . How it was that ...
Page 44
... ladies whose fortified mansions adorned the banks of the Rhone and Garonne . With civilisation had come freedom of thought . Use had taken away the horror with which misbelievers were elsewhere regarded . No Norman or Breton ever saw a ...
... ladies whose fortified mansions adorned the banks of the Rhone and Garonne . With civilisation had come freedom of thought . Use had taken away the horror with which misbelievers were elsewhere regarded . No Norman or Breton ever saw a ...
Page 62
... lady is moved by more than ordinary zeal for the propagation of religion , the chance is that , though she may disapprove of no doctrine or ceremony of the Established Church , she will end by giving her name to a new schism . If a ...
... lady is moved by more than ordinary zeal for the propagation of religion , the chance is that , though she may disapprove of no doctrine or ceremony of the Established Church , she will end by giving her name to a new schism . If a ...
Page 93
... lady of the bedchamber , no insignificant post in the household of a very young wife , and a very uxorious husband . The Princess was the daughter of a French peer , and the widow of a Spanish grandee . She was , therefore , admirably ...
... lady of the bedchamber , no insignificant post in the household of a very young wife , and a very uxorious husband . The Princess was the daughter of a French peer , and the widow of a Spanish grandee . She was , therefore , admirably ...
Page 122
... lady in the street , he her a kick , and told her to go home and mind her brats . If he saw a clergyman staring at the soldiers , he admonished the reverend gentleman to betake himself to study and prayer , and enforced this pious ...
... lady in the street , he her a kick , and told her to go home and mind her brats . If he saw a clergyman staring at the soldiers , he admonished the reverend gentleman to betake himself to study and prayer , and enforced this pious ...
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