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THE QUARTERLY REVIEW . VOL . 129 . PUBLISHED IN JULY & OCTOBER , 1870 . LONDON : JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE STREET . 1870 . LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS LONDON : Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and Soxs , Duke.
THE QUARTERLY REVIEW . VOL . 129 . PUBLISHED IN JULY & OCTOBER , 1870 . LONDON : JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE STREET . 1870 . LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS LONDON : Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and Soxs , Duke.
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LONDON : Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and Soxs , Duke Street , Stamford Street , and Charing Cross . CONTENTS OF No. 257 . ART . I. - History.
LONDON : Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and Soxs , Duke Street , Stamford Street , and Charing Cross . CONTENTS OF No. 257 . ART . I. - History.
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... Duke of Marlborough is one which will never weary till the precise truth shall be known and declared concerning him ; till , at any rate , his name shall be cleared from the cloud of obloquy by which its brightness . brightness is ...
... Duke of Marlborough is one which will never weary till the precise truth shall be known and declared concerning him ; till , at any rate , his name shall be cleared from the cloud of obloquy by which its brightness . brightness is ...
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... Duke ) rightly we should avoid both that eagerness in his depre- ciation which Lord Macaulay shows , and that servile spirit in which certain other writers ( Coxe and Alison , to wit ) have striven to conceal his faults , and to flatter ...
... Duke ) rightly we should avoid both that eagerness in his depre- ciation which Lord Macaulay shows , and that servile spirit in which certain other writers ( Coxe and Alison , to wit ) have striven to conceal his faults , and to flatter ...
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... Duke ; and the usual change from page to ensign is traditionally reported to have been accelerated by the eager inclination for the military profession which he exhibited when in attendance on his royal patron at a review . He received ...
... Duke ; and the usual change from page to ensign is traditionally reported to have been accelerated by the eager inclination for the military profession which he exhibited when in attendance on his royal patron at a review . He received ...
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