The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 76Leonard Scott Publication Company, 1843 - English literature |
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... interest , that the enormous mass of details published respecting them may well defy the curiosity of an ordinary reader . But we are bound to remark , that whenever we have been led to compare the con- flicting accounts of any ...
... interest , that the enormous mass of details published respecting them may well defy the curiosity of an ordinary reader . But we are bound to remark , that whenever we have been led to compare the con- flicting accounts of any ...
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... interest of the events which he relates , his judgment in selecting striking traits of character for preserva- tion , his earnest seriousness of manner , and his obvious honesty of purpose - all combine to make his narrative on the ...
... interest of the events which he relates , his judgment in selecting striking traits of character for preserva- tion , his earnest seriousness of manner , and his obvious honesty of purpose - all combine to make his narrative on the ...
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... interest in the subject , to visit most of Napoleon's fields of battle in person ; and it is but just to say , that ... interests at stake . It is an artifice to which he has perhaps too freely resorted , but which he occa- sionally ...
... interest in the subject , to visit most of Napoleon's fields of battle in person ; and it is but just to say , that ... interests at stake . It is an artifice to which he has perhaps too freely resorted , but which he occa- sionally ...
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... interest in the religion of their ancestors as in that of Brahma or Confucius . And yet the great majority of this army must have been born fifteen or twenty years before the first outbreak of the Revolution ; and the very youngest of ...
... interest in the religion of their ancestors as in that of Brahma or Confucius . And yet the great majority of this army must have been born fifteen or twenty years before the first outbreak of the Revolution ; and the very youngest of ...
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... interest in the joint stock , is generally a tolerably fair representation of his moral interest in the prosperity of the speculation . It is cer- tainly possible that a poor man , with a small venture , may more deeply involved than a ...
... interest in the joint stock , is generally a tolerably fair representation of his moral interest in the prosperity of the speculation . It is cer- tainly possible that a poor man , with a small venture , may more deeply involved than a ...
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