The National Review, Volume 2Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot Robert Theobald, 1856 - Periodicals |
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... of ordinary capacity , who left a very slight trace of her influence on the character of her son ; who did little , and died early . The real mother , as he is careful to explain , of his understanding and education was 4 Edward Gibbon .
... of ordinary capacity , who left a very slight trace of her influence on the character of her son ; who did little , and died early . The real mother , as he is careful to explain , of his understanding and education was 4 Edward Gibbon .
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... character for their probity , learning , and dignity in the Romish church , to this very day . So that the only ... characters of the persons attest- ing , or the nature of the things attested . " In terms this and the whole of ...
... character for their probity , learning , and dignity in the Romish church , to this very day . So that the only ... characters of the persons attest- ing , or the nature of the things attested . " In terms this and the whole of ...
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... character . His change of character changed his position among his relatives . His father , he says , met him as a friend ; and they continued thence- forth on a footing of " easy intimacy . " Especially after the little affair of ...
... character . His change of character changed his position among his relatives . His father , he says , met him as a friend ; and they continued thence- forth on a footing of " easy intimacy . " Especially after the little affair of ...
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... character . People seem a good deal alike . The cautious scepticism of his cold in- tellect , which disinclined him to every extreme , depreciates great virtues and extenuates great vices ; and we are left with a tame neutral character ...
... character . People seem a good deal alike . The cautious scepticism of his cold in- tellect , which disinclined him to every extreme , depreciates great virtues and extenuates great vices ; and we are left with a tame neutral character ...
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... character of the later period , we may call it , which Gibbon has drawn of the united empire has immense merit . The organisation of the imperial system is admirably dwelt on ; the manner in which the old republican institutions were ...
... character of the later period , we may call it , which Gibbon has drawn of the united empire has immense merit . The organisation of the imperial system is admirably dwelt on ; the manner in which the old republican institutions were ...
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