Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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... WILLIAM PITT , EARL OF CHATHAM . January 1834 SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH . July 1835 EDITOR'S APPENDIX Glossary of Allusions INDEX VOL . II . 38X1084 A 298 354 439 453 465 CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED TO THE EDINBURGH REVIEW SAMUEL.
... WILLIAM PITT , EARL OF CHATHAM . January 1834 SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH . July 1835 EDITOR'S APPENDIX Glossary of Allusions INDEX VOL . II . 38X1084 A 298 354 439 453 465 CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS CONTRIBUTED TO THE EDINBURGH REVIEW SAMUEL.
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... James Boswell , Esq . A new Edition , with numerous Additions and Notes . By JOHN WILSON CROKER , LL.D. F.R.S. Five volumes , 8vo . London : 1831 . THIS work has greatly disappointed us . Whatever faults we may have been prepared to ...
... James Boswell , Esq . A new Edition , with numerous Additions and Notes . By JOHN WILSON CROKER , LL.D. F.R.S. Five volumes , 8vo . London : 1831 . THIS work has greatly disappointed us . Whatever faults we may have been prepared to ...
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... James de Duglas , ' says Mr. Croker , was requested by King Robert Bruce , in his last hours , to repair , with his heart , to Jerusalem , and humbly to deposit it at the sepulchre of our Lord , which he did in 1329. ' 22 Now , it is ...
... James de Duglas , ' says Mr. Croker , was requested by King Robert Bruce , in his last hours , to repair , with his heart , to Jerusalem , and humbly to deposit it at the sepulchre of our Lord , which he did in 1329. ' 22 Now , it is ...
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... James's would give nothing : Leicester house had nothing to give . The Thus , at the time when Johnson commenced his literary career , a writer had little to hope from the patronage of powerful individuals . The patronage of the public ...
... James's would give nothing : Leicester house had nothing to give . The Thus , at the time when Johnson commenced his literary career , a writer had little to hope from the patronage of powerful individuals . The patronage of the public ...
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... James the Second sat to Varelst , the great flower - painter . When the performance was finished , his Majesty appeared in the midst of a bower of sun - flowers and tulips , which completely drew away all attention from the central ...
... James the Second sat to Varelst , the great flower - painter . When the performance was finished , his Majesty appeared in the midst of a bower of sun - flowers and tulips , which completely drew away all attention from the central ...
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