The North British Review, Volume 42W. P. Kennedy, 1865 - English literature |
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... opinion , but we shall put it to something like a test . Every one knows the land of Burns as a profes- sional tourist's district . That land is lowland , though it is close to a fine Highland district which would have been included in ...
... opinion , but we shall put it to something like a test . Every one knows the land of Burns as a profes- sional tourist's district . That land is lowland , though it is close to a fine Highland district which would have been included in ...
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... opinions were , by his enemies at least , thought to be quite com- patible with an absence of any genuine religious belief . We insert his lines upon the Death of the Viscount of Dundee , with Dryden's version : --- " IN MORTEM ...
... opinions were , by his enemies at least , thought to be quite com- patible with an absence of any genuine religious belief . We insert his lines upon the Death of the Viscount of Dundee , with Dryden's version : --- " IN MORTEM ...
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... opinion . Glibtongue ! let those old authors sleep , And come back to our missing sheep ! " We forget whether the following is original in the French , or is imitated : - " Huissiers qu'on fasse silence , Dit en tenant audience Un ...
... opinion . Glibtongue ! let those old authors sleep , And come back to our missing sheep ! " We forget whether the following is original in the French , or is imitated : - " Huissiers qu'on fasse silence , Dit en tenant audience Un ...
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... opinions than that of 1812 , there can be no great question among honest and in- telligent men . The Cortes of Cadiz proclaimed the Roman Catholic religion to be the only true one . The legislators of 1837 contented themselves with ...
... opinions than that of 1812 , there can be no great question among honest and in- telligent men . The Cortes of Cadiz proclaimed the Roman Catholic religion to be the only true one . The legislators of 1837 contented themselves with ...
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... opinions divided the suffrages of the victors in the recent struggle . The advanced Progressistas were in favour of a regency of three . The immediate entourage of Espartero desired the elevation of their chief to undivided authority ...
... opinions divided the suffrages of the victors in the recent struggle . The advanced Progressistas were in favour of a regency of three . The immediate entourage of Espartero desired the elevation of their chief to undivided authority ...
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