The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 76A. Constable, 1843 |
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... course , pretend to have verified his statements by constant reference to the writers from whom he has drawn his information . The events which he re- cords are of such recent occurrence , and such deep interest , that the enormous mass ...
... course , pretend to have verified his statements by constant reference to the writers from whom he has drawn his information . The events which he re- cords are of such recent occurrence , and such deep interest , that the enormous mass ...
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... course of his ordi- nary narrative . Few writers soar more easily or more securely than they walk ; and Mr Alison's oratorical digressions abound in examples of pointless anti - climax , of quaint and ungrammatical inversion , of the ...
... course of his ordi- nary narrative . Few writers soar more easily or more securely than they walk ; and Mr Alison's oratorical digressions abound in examples of pointless anti - climax , of quaint and ungrammatical inversion , of the ...
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... course , repeat our arguments in detail ; as we see no occa- sion to correct the conclusions which we drew from them . shall merely allude to them so far as may be necessary for the purpose of comparing them with the opinions of Mr ...
... course , repeat our arguments in detail ; as we see no occa- sion to correct the conclusions which we drew from them . shall merely allude to them so far as may be necessary for the purpose of comparing them with the opinions of Mr ...
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... and their political ignorance to their inexperience in the use of political power ? Of course , no one will deny that the exactness of the propor- tion may be disturbed by various causes . The influence 14 Oct. Alison's History of Europe .
... and their political ignorance to their inexperience in the use of political power ? Of course , no one will deny that the exactness of the propor- tion may be disturbed by various causes . The influence 14 Oct. Alison's History of Europe .
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... course , with perfect success , to show that such theories have always been disappointed ; and that they are wholly inconsistent with the revealed doctrine of human corruption . We perfectly agree in all this . No Christian , no ...
... course , with perfect success , to show that such theories have always been disappointed ; and that they are wholly inconsistent with the revealed doctrine of human corruption . We perfectly agree in all this . No Christian , no ...
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