The National Review, Volume 59W.H. Allen, 1912 - English literature |
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Page 91
... seems to feel the strain , succeeds as well as can be expected of a human soaring biographer . It is a remarkable fact that the Duke , who displayed all life those qualities which are held by most of his country , en to justify our ...
... seems to feel the strain , succeeds as well as can be expected of a human soaring biographer . It is a remarkable fact that the Duke , who displayed all life those qualities which are held by most of his country , en to justify our ...
Page 94
... admittedly paused to ask an aside " if it wasn't damned dull , " and a personality so ind pendent as to forget a queen's message and the visit of an he apparent , seems to deserve a more adequate record . 94 THE NATIONAL REVIEW.
... admittedly paused to ask an aside " if it wasn't damned dull , " and a personality so ind pendent as to forget a queen's message and the visit of an he apparent , seems to deserve a more adequate record . 94 THE NATIONAL REVIEW.
Page 95
apparent , seems to deserve a more adequate record . It was probably his simplicity and directness that impressed Abraham Lincoln , who to him was merely " a well - meaning sort of man about as fit for his position as a fire - shovel ...
apparent , seems to deserve a more adequate record . It was probably his simplicity and directness that impressed Abraham Lincoln , who to him was merely " a well - meaning sort of man about as fit for his position as a fire - shovel ...
Page 97
... seems to have died with him - the capacity to keep his Cabinet in order . With the death of Palmerston and the retirement of Lord John Russell the long duel between Mr. Gladstone and Disraeli began . Almost perceptibly the pace began to ...
... seems to have died with him - the capacity to keep his Cabinet in order . With the death of Palmerston and the retirement of Lord John Russell the long duel between Mr. Gladstone and Disraeli began . Almost perceptibly the pace began to ...
Page 104
... seems to hesitate to use the word chance ; but only in the way that we all hesitate - that we all feel that there is no such thing as chance . My quotations show that at any rate he meant chance in the fullest sense in which we ever ...
... seems to hesitate to use the word chance ; but only in the way that we all hesitate - that we all feel that there is no such thing as chance . My quotations show that at any rate he meant chance in the fullest sense in which we ever ...
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