The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 36
... nature , and mistrust of the accuracy of recorded conver- sations , but we are certainly inclined in this instance to pin our faith on Mr. Croker . When Sir Arthur sailed from England in the ' Crocodile ' for the Peninsula he commanded ...
... nature , and mistrust of the accuracy of recorded conver- sations , but we are certainly inclined in this instance to pin our faith on Mr. Croker . When Sir Arthur sailed from England in the ' Crocodile ' for the Peninsula he commanded ...
Page 39
... nature to the confines of the divine . In all that band of heroes , who , in various countries and periods , have given their lives for their religion , we find a common type . Minor differences of race and character are merged in the ...
... nature to the confines of the divine . In all that band of heroes , who , in various countries and periods , have given their lives for their religion , we find a common type . Minor differences of race and character are merged in the ...
Page 40
... nature - cold , hunger , chains , scourging , sick- ness - superadded to the occasional horrors of naval warfare and the perils of shipwreck . Descriptions of other forms of perse- cution have often moved our sympathies . We have ...
... nature - cold , hunger , chains , scourging , sick- ness - superadded to the occasional horrors of naval warfare and the perils of shipwreck . Descriptions of other forms of perse- cution have often moved our sympathies . We have ...
Page 52
... nature of the contest , and the admirable conduct of one of the combatants , the com- mander of an English frigate , entitle this action to an honourable place in the records of naval daring . It was in the year 1708 , when the French ...
... nature of the contest , and the admirable conduct of one of the combatants , the com- mander of an English frigate , entitle this action to an honourable place in the records of naval daring . It was in the year 1708 , when the French ...
Page 63
... nature of its subject so interesting , and of which the contents are in many respects so honourable to the English name , is likely to be made more accessible to our countrymen by being translated into their own language . One word in ...
... nature of its subject so interesting , and of which the contents are in many respects so honourable to the English name , is likely to be made more accessible to our countrymen by being translated into their own language . One word in ...
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