Quarterly Review, Volume 82John Murray, 1848 - English literature |
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Page 15
... looks of his friend , upon which the poor Marquis used to hurry home in affright and keep his bed for the twenty - four hours following ! Thus again , one day with the Baron de Pöll- nitz , who was always in want of money , and who had ...
... looks of his friend , upon which the poor Marquis used to hurry home in affright and keep his bed for the twenty - four hours following ! Thus again , one day with the Baron de Pöll- nitz , who was always in want of money , and who had ...
Page 62
... look less to the exact terms of precedents than to the reason on which they are founded . The adultery of the husband , while it is condemned , may be forgiven , and therefore is no suffi- cient reason for dissolving the marriage ; but ...
... look less to the exact terms of precedents than to the reason on which they are founded . The adultery of the husband , while it is condemned , may be forgiven , and therefore is no suffi- cient reason for dissolving the marriage ; but ...
Page 63
... looks and mortifying rebuffs . Thurlow , like his contemporary Dr. Johnson , took great pains in gladiatorial dis- cussion , knowing that he excelled in it , and he was pleased and excited when he found a large body of good listeners ...
... looks and mortifying rebuffs . Thurlow , like his contemporary Dr. Johnson , took great pains in gladiatorial dis- cussion , knowing that he excelled in it , and he was pleased and excited when he found a large body of good listeners ...
Page 67
... looks as if the writer had a sort of hankering after the pomps and vanities quite out of keeping with his usual sturdy common sense , and enjoyed dallying in imagination with the weight of the em- broidered purse and the grandeur of the ...
... looks as if the writer had a sort of hankering after the pomps and vanities quite out of keeping with his usual sturdy common sense , and enjoyed dallying in imagination with the weight of the em- broidered purse and the grandeur of the ...
Page 68
... look about him and compare himself with others ' - he came to the conclusion that Edinburgh was too narrow and lazy a sphere for him . He had been inflamed ( as he told the late Earl of Haddington ) by what was an eternal theme of ...
... look about him and compare himself with others ' - he came to the conclusion that Edinburgh was too narrow and lazy a sphere for him . He had been inflamed ( as he told the late Earl of Haddington ) by what was an eternal theme of ...
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