The North British Review, Volume 42W. P. Kennedy, 1865 - English literature |
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... party should organize them- selves , and carry tents and baggage with them . It would be madness to attempt this without the countenance of the local magnates , " but if they are first well recommended as strangers , and have letters ...
... party should organize them- selves , and carry tents and baggage with them . It would be madness to attempt this without the countenance of the local magnates , " but if they are first well recommended as strangers , and have letters ...
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... party . Dr. Archibald Pitcairn , whose writings , if well illustrated , would reveal a good many curious particulars as to his own times , was a thorough Jacobite and a firm Episcopalian ; though these opinions were , by his enemies at ...
... party . Dr. Archibald Pitcairn , whose writings , if well illustrated , would reveal a good many curious particulars as to his own times , was a thorough Jacobite and a firm Episcopalian ; though these opinions were , by his enemies at ...
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... party , but anxious to be as little liberal as possible , accepted the resignation of Zea Bermudez , who represented the party of enlightened despotism , and called to her councils Martinez de la Rosa , who had suffered much for his ...
... party , but anxious to be as little liberal as possible , accepted the resignation of Zea Bermudez , who represented the party of enlightened despotism , and called to her councils Martinez de la Rosa , who had suffered much for his ...
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... party , and by French intrigue , had a hard battle to fight , and soon gave way to an administration , of which the leading spirits were Isturiz , and the once impetuous , but now tamed Galiano . These poli- ticians , however , utterly ...
... party , and by French intrigue , had a hard battle to fight , and soon gave way to an administration , of which the leading spirits were Isturiz , and the once impetuous , but now tamed Galiano . These poli- ticians , however , utterly ...
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... party and the clerical party hated each other with a deadly hatred ; and at last their animosity became so embittered that Maroto , the most important of the lieutenants of Don Carlos , took the law into his own hands , and put some of ...
... party and the clerical party hated each other with a deadly hatred ; and at last their animosity became so embittered that Maroto , the most important of the lieutenants of Don Carlos , took the law into his own hands , and put some of ...
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