Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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Page 22
... appearance of danger ; with a generally pre- vailing dislike of both services , which at once repressed all desire of ... appeared in their defence was the accidental display of genius and valour by a merchant's clerk , who thus raised ...
... appearance of danger ; with a generally pre- vailing dislike of both services , which at once repressed all desire of ... appeared in their defence was the accidental display of genius and valour by a merchant's clerk , who thus raised ...
Page 27
... appeared since his time that they were chiefly induced to yield him implicit obe- dience , and leave the undivided direction of all opera- tions in his hands , by the expectation that the failure of what they were wont to sneer at as ...
... appeared since his time that they were chiefly induced to yield him implicit obe- dience , and leave the undivided direction of all opera- tions in his hands , by the expectation that the failure of what they were wont to sneer at as ...
Page 32
... appearance of levity or laughter , turned round and disdainfully asked , " Who will laugh at sugar now ? " We have the anecdote upon good traditional authority ; that it was believed by those who had the best means of knowing Lord ...
... appearance of levity or laughter , turned round and disdainfully asked , " Who will laugh at sugar now ? " We have the anecdote upon good traditional authority ; that it was believed by those who had the best means of knowing Lord ...
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... appearance of inconsistency , or error , or wandering from the point . So the greatest passages in the Greek orations were very far from being such as could stand the test of close examination in re- gard to their argument . Yet would ...
... appearance of inconsistency , or error , or wandering from the point . So the greatest passages in the Greek orations were very far from being such as could stand the test of close examination in re- gard to their argument . Yet would ...
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... appeared at first to have lost the power of utterance , so astonished and over- come was he with the plunge which he had made after preferment . But he soon recovered his faculties , and continued in office the constant and unflinching ...
... appeared at first to have lost the power of utterance , so astonished and over- come was he with the plunge which he had made after preferment . But he soon recovered his faculties , and continued in office the constant and unflinching ...
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