Quarterly Review, Volumes 106-107J. Murray., 1859 |
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... remains a monument of very marvellous industry . The reception of this work displays no less the passion for that kind of learning , and II . Erasmus was no less the declared opponent , and took great part in the dis- comfiture of ...
... remains a monument of very marvellous industry . The reception of this work displays no less the passion for that kind of learning , and II . Erasmus was no less the declared opponent , and took great part in the dis- comfiture of ...
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... remains a puzzle to this hour . In the mean time science was unceas- solving the problem , or series of problems , touching the probabilities of life . It had made so little progress , however , or pro- duced so faint an impression ...
... remains a puzzle to this hour . In the mean time science was unceas- solving the problem , or series of problems , touching the probabilities of life . It had made so little progress , however , or pro- duced so faint an impression ...
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... remains . To prove the truth of these assertions , as far as our English literary biography is concerned , would be a task much more easy than cheerful . The reader who has tried a few average specimens may speak for himself . Perhaps ...
... remains . To prove the truth of these assertions , as far as our English literary biography is concerned , would be a task much more easy than cheerful . The reader who has tried a few average specimens may speak for himself . Perhaps ...
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... remains unex- plored . Nobody can tell us how the power of writing is related to the charac- ter , nor , generally , what relation it bears to the other qualities of a man . The real characters of Napoleon or Queen Elizabeth are more ...
... remains unex- plored . Nobody can tell us how the power of writing is related to the charac- ter , nor , generally , what relation it bears to the other qualities of a man . The real characters of Napoleon or Queen Elizabeth are more ...
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... remains were conveyed to Edinburgh to the family - vault in the Grey . friars Churchyard , already made memora- ble in literature by the interment of his great predecessor in history , Buchanan , whose grave , however , can no longer be ...
... remains were conveyed to Edinburgh to the family - vault in the Grey . friars Churchyard , already made memora- ble in literature by the interment of his great predecessor in history , Buchanan , whose grave , however , can no longer be ...
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