The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 45A. Constable, 1827 |
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... language , so as to form it into that transparent channel of his thoughts , which it is at present . His chief objects in correcting were to condense and simplify - to get rid of all unnecessary phrases and epithets , and , in short ...
... language , so as to form it into that transparent channel of his thoughts , which it is at present . His chief objects in correcting were to condense and simplify - to get rid of all unnecessary phrases and epithets , and , in short ...
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... language of Mr Pitt - have " for- bid the banns ; " and though it is unfair to suppose that the interests of the public did not enter into the calculations of the united leaders , yet , if the real watchword of their union were to be ...
... language of Mr Pitt - have " for- bid the banns ; " and though it is unfair to suppose that the interests of the public did not enter into the calculations of the united leaders , yet , if the real watchword of their union were to be ...
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... language , and committed in eternal hostility with each other . There is an excellent account of the public and private rup- ture between this great man and Mr Fox , from which we have no room to make extracts . We do not know , however ...
... language , and committed in eternal hostility with each other . There is an excellent account of the public and private rup- ture between this great man and Mr Fox , from which we have no room to make extracts . We do not know , however ...
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... language of Opposition , and that sanction which the vehement rebound against oppression of such influencing spirits as Fox and Sheridan seemed to hold out to the obscurer and more practical as- sertors of freedom . This was at no time ...
... language of Opposition , and that sanction which the vehement rebound against oppression of such influencing spirits as Fox and Sheridan seemed to hold out to the obscurer and more practical as- sertors of freedom . This was at no time ...
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... language was , of course , visited with the heavy reprobation of the Mi- nistry ; -but their own partisans had already gone as great lengths on the side of absolute power , and it is the nature of such extremes to ge- nerate each other ...
... language was , of course , visited with the heavy reprobation of the Mi- nistry ; -but their own partisans had already gone as great lengths on the side of absolute power , and it is the nature of such extremes to ge- nerate each other ...
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