The National Review, Volume 2Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot Robert Theobald, 1856 - Periodicals |
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... become an exa- mining body . " The professors , " says Adam Smith , who had studied there , " have given up almost the pretence of lecturing . ” " The examination , " said a great judge some years later , " was a farce in my time . I ...
... become an exa- mining body . " The professors , " says Adam Smith , who had studied there , " have given up almost the pretence of lecturing . ” " The examination , " said a great judge some years later , " was a farce in my time . I ...
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... becoming a monkey . The English belief always is that the Papist is a kind of creature ; some think that the Oxford student is its young : and every sound mind would prefer a beloved child to produce a tail , a hide of hair , and a ...
... becoming a monkey . The English belief always is that the Papist is a kind of creature ; some think that the Oxford student is its young : and every sound mind would prefer a beloved child to produce a tail , a hide of hair , and a ...
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... become by degrees calm and reasonable ; and the letter concludes with these words : C'est pourquoi , mademoiselle , j'ai l'honneur d'être votre très humble et très obéissant serviteur , Edward Gibbon . " Her father died soon afterwards ...
... become by degrees calm and reasonable ; and the letter concludes with these words : C'est pourquoi , mademoiselle , j'ai l'honneur d'être votre très humble et très obéissant serviteur , Edward Gibbon . " Her father died soon afterwards ...
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... become . What his fellow - officers thought of Gibbon's French predilec- tions and large volumes it is not difficult to conjecture ; and he on his side complains bitterly of the interruption to his studies . However , his easy composed ...
... become . What his fellow - officers thought of Gibbon's French predilec- tions and large volumes it is not difficult to conjecture ; and he on his side complains bitterly of the interruption to his studies . However , his easy composed ...
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... become so general , or so feminine , as to make the present style - what is called the " brilliant style " -at all necessary ; but there was enough culture to make the demand of common diffused persons more effectual than that of ...
... become so general , or so feminine , as to make the present style - what is called the " brilliant style " -at all necessary ; but there was enough culture to make the demand of common diffused persons more effectual than that of ...
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