 We must pronounce Miss Strickland beyond all comparison the most entertaining historian in the English language. She is certainly a woman of powerful and active mind, as well as of scrupulous justice and honesty of purpose.  Memoirs, ed. from the Fr - Page 1by Anne Mary Louisa (duchess of Montpensier.) - 1848Full view - About this book
 | Charles Delucena Meigs - Gynecology - 1848 - 712 pages
...must pronounce Miss Strickland beyond alt comparison, the most entertaining historian in the Englisb language. She is certainly a woman of powerful and...these documents impart to her production a character ot' which it would be hard to determine whether the utility or the entertainment predominated. —... | |
 | Thomas Birch, Robert Folkestone Williams - Great Britain - 1848 - 526 pages
...research could collect. We have derived much entertainment an1l instruction from the work." — Athenaeum. "We must pronounce Miss Strickland beyond all comparison...considerable number of new documents to which she baa had access, and the curious nature of some of these documents, impart to her production a character... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - Queens - 1848 - 518 pages
...the work."—Athcnaum. "We must pronounce Miss Strickland beyond all comparison themostentertaining historian in the English language. She is certainly...and active mind, as well as of scrupulous justice anJ honesty of purpose. And, as we before remarked, the considerable number of new documents to which... | |
 | Oliver Evans - Flour mills - 1848 - 594 pages
...brought to light.— Court Journal. We must pronounce Miss Strickland beyond all comparison, the most entertaining historian in the English language. She is certainly a woman of powerful and active m.nd, as well as of scrupulous jurtice »nd honesty of purpose. And* »• we before remarked, the... | |
 | Margaret Oliphant Oliphant - 1849 - 338 pages
...lady of the age." — Chronicle. " We must pronounce Miss Strickland beyond all comparison the most entertaining historian in the English language. She...as of scrupulous justice and honesty of purpose." — Morning Post. " Miss Strickland has made a very judicious use of many authentic MS. authorities... | |
 | Sir James Edward Alexander - Acadia - 1849 - 376 pages
...lady of the age." — Chronicle. " We must pronounce Miss Strickland beyond all comparison the most entertaining historian in the English language. She...as of scrupulous justice and honesty of purpose." — Morning Post. " Miss Strickland has made a very judicious use of many authentic MS. authorities... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1849 - 314 pages
...lady of the age," — Chronicle. " We must pronounce Miss Strickland beyond all comparison the most entertaining historian in the English language. She...as of scrupulous justice and honesty of purpose." — Morning Post. " Miss Strickland has made a very judicious use of many authentic MS. authorities... | |
 | Sir Robert Murray Keith - Europe - 1849 - 520 pages
...lady of the age." — Chronicle. " We mnst pronounce Miss Strickland beyond all comparison the most entertaining historian in the English language. She...as of scrupulous justice and honesty of purpose." — Morning Post. " Miss Strickland has made a very judicious use of many authentic MS. authorities... | |
 | Sir Robert Murray Keith - Europe - 1849 - 522 pages
...literary lady of the age."—Chronicle. " We must pronounce Miss Strickland beyond all comparison the most entertaining historian in the English language. She...mind, as well as of scrupulous justice and honesty of purpose."—Morning Post. " Miss Strickland has made a very judicious use of many authentic MS. authorities... | |
 | Sir James Edward Alexander - Acadia - 1849 - 376 pages
...Chronicle. " We must pronounce Miss Strickland beyond all comparison the most entertaining historian hi the English language. She is certainly a woman of...as of scrupulous justice and honesty of purpose." — Morning Post. " Miss Strickland has made a very judicious use of many authentic MS. authorities... | |
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