The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things, Volume 1Henry Colburn, 1826 - 472 pages |
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... Lord Castlereagh . " The splendour of Majesty leaving the British metropolis , careering along the ocean , and landing in the capital of the North , is distinguished only by glimpses through the dense array of clouds in which Death hid ...
... Lord Castlereagh . " The splendour of Majesty leaving the British metropolis , careering along the ocean , and landing in the capital of the North , is distinguished only by glimpses through the dense array of clouds in which Death hid ...
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... Lord Castlereagh ! But he is better pleased with this classical fable than with the death of the Noble Peer , and delights to dwell upon it , to however little use . So he is glad to take advantage of the scriptural idea of a gourd ...
... Lord Castlereagh ! But he is better pleased with this classical fable than with the death of the Noble Peer , and delights to dwell upon it , to however little use . So he is glad to take advantage of the scriptural idea of a gourd ...
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... Lord Castlereagh for the gallant spirit that shone through his appear- ance ; and his fine bust surmounted and crushed fifty orders that glittered beneath it . Nature seemed to have meant him for something better than he was . But in ...
... Lord Castlereagh for the gallant spirit that shone through his appear- ance ; and his fine bust surmounted and crushed fifty orders that glittered beneath it . Nature seemed to have meant him for something better than he was . But in ...
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