The Quarterly Review, Volume 23William 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, 1820 - English literature |
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... common people , who knew only that a battle had been won , great as any that their fathers had heard of , and which would for ever be remembered to the honour of their country , partook in the triumph with honest and generous exultation ...
... common people , who knew only that a battle had been won , great as any that their fathers had heard of , and which would for ever be remembered to the honour of their country , partook in the triumph with honest and generous exultation ...
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... common cause as any thing that has been done this campaign ; and I am persuaded , that if I had stayed till the siege was ended , the season would have been so far advanced , that it would have been impos- sible to attempt it . These ...
... common cause as any thing that has been done this campaign ; and I am persuaded , that if I had stayed till the siege was ended , the season would have been so far advanced , that it would have been impos- sible to attempt it . These ...
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... common soldier . ' This very Harley was afterwards base enough to encourage and sanction libellers who insinuated that Marlborough was deficient in personal courage ! The improved disposition of the Dutch generals did not last long . A ...
... common soldier . ' This very Harley was afterwards base enough to encourage and sanction libellers who insinuated that Marlborough was deficient in personal courage ! The improved disposition of the Dutch generals did not last long . A ...
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... common danger from France and their com- mon hopes of security and advantage , than by his influence and his matchless powers of conciliation . They had no confidence in each other , and little confidence in their own councils ; but ...
... common danger from France and their com- mon hopes of security and advantage , than by his influence and his matchless powers of conciliation . They had no confidence in each other , and little confidence in their own councils ; but ...
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... common tracks , the high powers of an Inclosure act substituted regularly constructed highways , the road - revenue of the district , as well as the attention of the surveyor , was divided between several lines of road , instead of ...
... common tracks , the high powers of an Inclosure act substituted regularly constructed highways , the road - revenue of the district , as well as the attention of the surveyor , was divided between several lines of road , instead of ...
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Page 551 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Page 315 - And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
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Page 27 - I know the danger, yet a battle is absolutely necessary, and I rely on the bravery and discipline of the troops, which will make amends for our disadvantages.