The Retrospective Review, and Historical and Antiquarian MagazineBaldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1827 |
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... fact which has been hitherto unknown ; and the affectionate manner in which she speaks of its being his majesty's birth - day , as well as the endearing expressions she uses towards him , are peculiarly striking . She was then the wife ...
... fact which has been hitherto unknown ; and the affectionate manner in which she speaks of its being his majesty's birth - day , as well as the endearing expressions she uses towards him , are peculiarly striking . She was then the wife ...
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... fact , the great effort of French tragedy ; and M. Constant had at least one good reason for his admiration of the chorus - the identity of its office with that of the characters of his native tragedy . These characters are not so ...
... fact , the great effort of French tragedy ; and M. Constant had at least one good reason for his admiration of the chorus - the identity of its office with that of the characters of his native tragedy . These characters are not so ...
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... facts , the knowledge of which would annoy them ; and fancying to retard these events by doubting those who announce them . This heedlessness , laid before the specta- tor , impresses him more than a simple recital would have done ...
... facts , the knowledge of which would annoy them ; and fancying to retard these events by doubting those who announce them . This heedlessness , laid before the specta- tor , impresses him more than a simple recital would have done ...
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... fact and of the passion has its incon- testable advantages . In disengaging the fact , selected from all anterior facts , the interest is more closely directed upon a solitary object . The hero is more fully in the possession of the ...
... fact and of the passion has its incon- testable advantages . In disengaging the fact , selected from all anterior facts , the interest is more closely directed upon a solitary object . The hero is more fully in the possession of the ...
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... fact we augur more favourably of the future ; especially since we hope it is settled that the printing of the greater part of those records is to be intrusted to his super- intendence . The preface to the " Parliamentary Writs " abounds ...
... fact we augur more favourably of the future ; especially since we hope it is settled that the printing of the greater part of those records is to be intrusted to his super- intendence . The preface to the " Parliamentary Writs " abounds ...
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Page 55 - PARLIAMENTARY WRITS AND WRITS OF MILITARY SUMMONS, together with the Records and Muniments relating to the Suit and Service due and performed to the King's High Court of Parliament and the Councils of the Realm.
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