The Quarterly Review, 163. köideWilliam Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1886 |
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... character or politics of the devisee . Thus public men often inherited the wealth of some obscure millionaire personally unknown to them ; and wealth , not poverty , made strange bed - fellows , as when Cicero and Caesar were co - heirs ...
... character or politics of the devisee . Thus public men often inherited the wealth of some obscure millionaire personally unknown to them ; and wealth , not poverty , made strange bed - fellows , as when Cicero and Caesar were co - heirs ...
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... characters of the individuals that compose it , this House has a collective character of its own . ' The history of Greece certainly bears out the doctrine , that the moral sense of a democracy is higher than that of an oli- garchy ...
... characters of the individuals that compose it , this House has a collective character of its own . ' The history of Greece certainly bears out the doctrine , that the moral sense of a democracy is higher than that of an oli- garchy ...
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... character- istic of all new Presidents to be honest . ' Princes , ' says Horace Walpole , ought not to be judged at their coronations , but at their burials . ' 6 An American senator represents a sovereign state , and holds a very high ...
... character- istic of all new Presidents to be honest . ' Princes , ' says Horace Walpole , ought not to be judged at their coronations , but at their burials . ' 6 An American senator represents a sovereign state , and holds a very high ...
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... characters say- ' We live in a great institution , and we have a good right to flatter ourselves on its management : but in the long run this will not do for a nation . ' It is a great machine floundering about in the mire of politics ...
... characters say- ' We live in a great institution , and we have a good right to flatter ourselves on its management : but in the long run this will not do for a nation . ' It is a great machine floundering about in the mire of politics ...
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... character at the outset , ' give 4007. or 500l . to establish Christian Brothers ' schools in Cashel , the money to be given back to him by the trustees if not elected . ' The letter went on to say , ' There is no doubt this would be a ...
... character at the outset , ' give 4007. or 500l . to establish Christian Brothers ' schools in Cashel , the money to be given back to him by the trustees if not elected . ' The letter went on to say , ' There is no doubt this would be a ...
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