The Quarterly Review, Volume 16John Murray, 1817 - English literature |
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Page 37
... or in the popular feeling , shail again convert him ; when we may have him
once more bespattering Messrs . Grattan and Ponsonby with his praises , and
dedicating to H. R. H. the Prince Regent , but , as we anticipate , without the
permission ...
... or in the popular feeling , shail again convert him ; when we may have him
once more bespattering Messrs . Grattan and Ponsonby with his praises , and
dedicating to H. R. H. the Prince Regent , but , as we anticipate , without the
permission ...
Page 123
When they are pressed once more upon our notice , with all their minuteness ,
they have a tendency , in spite of our feelings , to detract somewhat from our
respect . This proceeding joins , as it were , a living body with a dead one , and
we ...
When they are pressed once more upon our notice , with all their minuteness ,
they have a tendency , in spite of our feelings , to detract somewhat from our
respect . This proceeding joins , as it were , a living body with a dead one , and
we ...
Page 176
It was amidst such feelings of admiration that Lord Byron entered , we may almost
say for the first time , the public stage on which he has , for four years , made so
distinguished a tigure . Every thing in his mamer , person , and conversation ...
It was amidst such feelings of admiration that Lord Byron entered , we may almost
say for the first time , the public stage on which he has , for four years , made so
distinguished a tigure . Every thing in his mamer , person , and conversation ...
Page 208
And many who do not belong to the world , as the word is generally understood ,
have their thoughts fixed on Lord Byron , with the anxious wish and eager hope
that he will bring his powerful understanding to combat with his irritated feelings ...
And many who do not belong to the world , as the word is generally understood ,
have their thoughts fixed on Lord Byron , with the anxious wish and eager hope
that he will bring his powerful understanding to combat with his irritated feelings ...
Page 385
Upon the whole subject of slavery , Mr. Koster writes with thorough knowledge ,
with the best feelings and the best principles . The slave - trade , however , is
carried on by the Portugueze with great inhumanity . The ships were formerly ...
Upon the whole subject of slavery , Mr. Koster writes with thorough knowledge ,
with the best feelings and the best principles . The slave - trade , however , is
carried on by the Portugueze with great inhumanity . The ships were formerly ...
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