The Quarterly Review, Volume 130William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1871 - English literature |
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... papers . October , 1870 , to January , 1871 - 93 122 VI . - The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of Ireland , from the Earliest Times to the Reign of Queen Victoria . By J. Roderick O'Flanagan , M.R.I.A. ...
... papers . October , 1870 , to January , 1871 - 93 122 VI . - The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of Ireland , from the Earliest Times to the Reign of Queen Victoria . By J. Roderick O'Flanagan , M.R.I.A. ...
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... Papers , published under the direc- tion of the Master of the Rolls . London , 1856-1870 . 2. Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during the Middle Ages . London , 1858- 1870 . 3. Libraries and Founders of Libraries ...
... Papers , published under the direc- tion of the Master of the Rolls . London , 1856-1870 . 2. Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during the Middle Ages . London , 1858- 1870 . 3. Libraries and Founders of Libraries ...
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... paper ; they , however , are only partially drilled , partially officered , and hardly equipped at all . They have neither kits , nor tents , nor commissariat , nor ambulance ; and worse than all , no field artillery - none , in fact ...
... paper ; they , however , are only partially drilled , partially officered , and hardly equipped at all . They have neither kits , nor tents , nor commissariat , nor ambulance ; and worse than all , no field artillery - none , in fact ...
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... paper as the other two put together - and in the event of an invasion there seems to be no reason to doubt but that one - half of them would leave their homes and undertake to fight for the defence of their country . At present ...
... paper as the other two put together - and in the event of an invasion there seems to be no reason to doubt but that one - half of them would leave their homes and undertake to fight for the defence of their country . At present ...
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... paper it is telegraphed to Woolwich or Enfield , and the proper officer summoned to attend on the next day , with the data requisite for an answer . All this could not be done , or , at all events , would be done with much more ...
... paper it is telegraphed to Woolwich or Enfield , and the proper officer summoned to attend on the next day , with the data requisite for an answer . All this could not be done , or , at all events , would be done with much more ...
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Page 498 - And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
Page 314 - Oh ! had he been content to serve the crown With virtues only proper to the gown, Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle that oppressed the noble seed, David for him his tuneful harp had strung And Heaven had wanted one immortal song.
Page 312 - With public zeal to cancel private crimes. How safe is treason and how sacred ill, Where none can sin against the people's will, "Where crowds can wink and no offence be known, Since in another's guilt they find their own ! Yet fame deserved no enemy can grudge ; The statesman we abhor, but praise the judge.
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Page 319 - Now, manifest of crimes contrived long since, He stood at bold defiance with his prince ; Held up the buckler of the people's cause Against the crown, and skulked behind the laws.
Page 497 - Fasti Sacri, or a Key to the Chronology of the New Testament ; comprising an Historical Harmony of the Four Gospels, and Chronological Tables generally from BC 70 to AD 70 : with a Preliminary Dissertation and other Aids.
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Page 203 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
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