The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 76Leonard Scott Publication Company, 1843 - English literature |
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... judge , is not perverted by the slightest partiality . A complete history , by an English author , of all the great events which took place in Europe from 1789 to 1815 , has long been a desideratum ; and whatever may be the ...
... judge , is not perverted by the slightest partiality . A complete history , by an English author , of all the great events which took place in Europe from 1789 to 1815 , has long been a desideratum ; and whatever may be the ...
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... judge of their own real and ultimate interests - that we assert , and Mr Alison denies , the necessity of allowing them a share of political power . Mr Alison's first argument for the superior political skill of aristocratic governments ...
... judge of their own real and ultimate interests - that we assert , and Mr Alison denies , the necessity of allowing them a share of political power . Mr Alison's first argument for the superior political skill of aristocratic governments ...
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... judge on the bench , and carefully to ab- stain from throwing out imputations and assertions not strictly warranted by the evidence before the court . We have no intention , as may be supposed , of discussing with Mr Alison the merits ...
... judge on the bench , and carefully to ab- stain from throwing out imputations and assertions not strictly warranted by the evidence before the court . We have no intention , as may be supposed , of discussing with Mr Alison the merits ...
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... judge of the most important institutions of foreign states accord- ing to their own ideas - not always the most ... judges an English gentleman may appear a far less romantic personage than the imbecile Spaniard , in whose veins ...
... judge of the most important institutions of foreign states accord- ing to their own ideas - not always the most ... judges an English gentleman may appear a far less romantic personage than the imbecile Spaniard , in whose veins ...
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... judge of Castilian skill and prowess , not from the disgraces of Blake and Cuesta , but from the adventurous feats of Mina and the Empecinado . We own that we attach little impor- tance to the isolated and imperfect successes of such ...
... judge of Castilian skill and prowess , not from the disgraces of Blake and Cuesta , but from the adventurous feats of Mina and the Empecinado . We own that we attach little impor- tance to the isolated and imperfect successes of such ...
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