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... popular , as he deserved to be , though he differed in politics and religion from the great majority of the inha- bitants . He was what it was then the fashion to call a " Whig - Radical , " though more perhaps of a Radical than a Whig ...
... popular , as he deserved to be , though he differed in politics and religion from the great majority of the inha- bitants . He was what it was then the fashion to call a " Whig - Radical , " though more perhaps of a Radical than a Whig ...
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... popular even among the Irish , because they fought them , when fighting became necessary , with the familiar Irish shillelagh and no longer with what they called the cowardly cutlass of the " brutal and bloody Saxon . " During my visit ...
... popular even among the Irish , because they fought them , when fighting became necessary , with the familiar Irish shillelagh and no longer with what they called the cowardly cutlass of the " brutal and bloody Saxon . " During my visit ...
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... popular journal , produced a moonlight view of Walmer Castle , where the body of the dead warrior lay preparatory to its removal to London ; and Sir John Gilbert , a still greater artist than Samuel Read , who since the first ...
... popular journal , produced a moonlight view of Walmer Castle , where the body of the dead warrior lay preparatory to its removal to London ; and Sir John Gilbert , a still greater artist than Samuel Read , who since the first ...
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... popular as Punch and Judy , which was too much to hope for . " But I never see you at the Princess's , " he said , " and I want you to come at least once to every one of my revivals . I shall be happy to place a private box at your ...
... popular as Punch and Judy , which was too much to hope for . " But I never see you at the Princess's , " he said , " and I want you to come at least once to every one of my revivals . I shall be happy to place a private box at your ...
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... popular taste . It might prove to be too pretentiously poetical for this prosaic age , that has no love for poetry unless it has been approved by our ancestors , or that only affects to love the great Shakspeare , because it is not the ...
... popular taste . It might prove to be too pretentiously poetical for this prosaic age , that has no love for poetry unless it has been approved by our ancestors , or that only affects to love the great Shakspeare , because it is not the ...
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