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Carey and Hart, 1846 - Edinburgh review (1802) - 762 pages

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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Victor Alfieri Written by Himself
143
The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper Esq With an Introductory
154
HISTORY AND HISTORICAL MEMOIRS
168
Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe Wife of the Right Honourable Sir Richard Fanshawe
179
A History of the early Part of the Reign of James the Second with an Introductory
197
yeux et qui ont preparé et fixé la Constitution Française Ouvrage Posthume
210
Considérations sur les Principaux Evènemens de la Révolution Française Ouvrage
216
Mémoires de Madame la Marquise de LAROCHEJAQUELEIN avec deux Cartes du Théatre
234
Mémoires de Frederique Sophie Wilhelmine de Prusse Margrave de Bareith Sœur
249
History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus By WASHINGTON IRVING
259
Memoirs of Zehireddin Muhammed Baber Emperor of Hindustan written by Himself
272
POETRY
281
The Dramatic Works of John Ford with an Introduction and Explanatory Notes
299
Characters of Shakespeares Plays By WILLIAM HAZLITT
309
Sardanapalus a Tragedy The Two Foscari a Tragedy Cain a Mystery By LORD
316
Manfred a Dramatic Poem By LORD BYRON
330
Gertrude of Wyoming a Pennsylvania tale and other Poems By THOMAS CAMPBELL
347
with other Poems By THOMAS CAMPBELL
354
a Poem By WALTER SCOTT
367
Poems By the Reverend GEORGE CRABBE
380
a Poem in Twentyfour Letters By the Rev George Crabbe LL B
387
Tales By the Reverend GEORGE CRABBE
396
Tales of the Hall By the Reverend GEORGE CRABBE
405
a Poetic Romance By JOHN KEATS
413
a Poem By SAMUEL Rogers
419
NOVELS TALES AND PROSE works of FICTION
512
Waverley or Tis Sixty Years Since 523
523
Rob Roy By the Author of Waverley Guy Mannering and The Antiquary 535
535
The Fortunes of Nigel By the Author of Waverley Kenilworth c
543
GENERAL POLITICS
564
A Song of Triumph By W SOTHEBY Esq
577
Speech of the Right Hon William Windham in the House of Commons May 26 1809
594
Short Remarks on the State of Parties at the Close of the Year 1809
604
The History of Ireland By JOHN ODRISCOL
610
Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan By THOMAS
616
An Appeal from the Judgments of Great Britain respecting the United States of America
621
Bracebridge Hall or the Humourists By GEOFFREY CRAYON Gent Author of The
637
A Portraiture of Quakerism as taken from a View of the Moral Education Discipline
643
Memoirs of the Private and Public Life of William Penn By THOMAS CLARKSON M
651
A Selection from the Public and Private Correspondence of ViceAdmiral Lord Colling
659
Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India from Calcutta to Bombay
666
Sketches of India Written by an Officer for FireSide Travellers at Home
674
Letters from a late eminent Prelate to one of his Friends
693
An Inquiry whether Crime and Misery are produced or prevented by our present Sys
700
written by Himself Containing an Account of
707
The Life of the Right Honourable John Philpot Curran late Master of the Rolls in Ire
717
Switzerland or a Journal of a Tour and Residence in that Country in the Years 1817
725
Rejected Addresses or the New Theatrum Poetarum
732
Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh Edited by his Son
742
Notice of the Honourable Henry Erskine
757

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Page 318 - The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains. — Beautiful ! I linger yet with Nature, for the night Hath been to me a more familiar face Than that of man ; and in her starry shade Of dim and solitary loveliness, I learn'd the language of another world.
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