Calcutta Review, Volume 29University of Calcutta., 1857 |
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... given rise to speculations at once so profound and so beautiful ; but we know of nothing so practically sensible , or which goes so directly to the heart of the matter , as a saying of Johnson's , in reply to the question of Boswell ...
... given rise to speculations at once so profound and so beautiful ; but we know of nothing so practically sensible , or which goes so directly to the heart of the matter , as a saying of Johnson's , in reply to the question of Boswell ...
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... given , instead of the one statement of those incarcerated on the 30th April . This is acknowledged in the Report , for we are told that " the result of this imperfect plan is that the quarterly , half - yearly , and annual , returns ...
... given , instead of the one statement of those incarcerated on the 30th April . This is acknowledged in the Report , for we are told that " the result of this imperfect plan is that the quarterly , half - yearly , and annual , returns ...
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... given to doubt the value of any new method ; it is most difficult to persuade him , that time , and trouble and outlay on some time - honored system , will yield sure and ample returns . If we can but demonstrate the truth of our new ...
... given to doubt the value of any new method ; it is most difficult to persuade him , that time , and trouble and outlay on some time - honored system , will yield sure and ample returns . If we can but demonstrate the truth of our new ...
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... given to sight - seeing . Men are anxious to make money , and be off to enjoy it in a more grateful clime , almost declining altogether the recreations and rational pleasures which they might find even in this land of exile . There are ...
... given to sight - seeing . Men are anxious to make money , and be off to enjoy it in a more grateful clime , almost declining altogether the recreations and rational pleasures which they might find even in this land of exile . There are ...
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... given us so shining a description as the Taj deserves , or as he himself was capable of writing . He has fallen too into the not uncommon mistake of confounding the Queen of Shah Jehan , with the Nourmahál of Lalla Rookh . Nourma- hál ...
... given us so shining a description as the Taj deserves , or as he himself was capable of writing . He has fallen too into the not uncommon mistake of confounding the Queen of Shah Jehan , with the Nourmahál of Lalla Rookh . Nourma- hál ...
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