The London Quarterly Review, Volume 15Theodore Foster, 1817 |
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... circumstance ever disturbed his perfect equanimity . Such a character bears little resemblance to the fair ideal ' of a maiden's imagination : Victo- rine , however , from long regarding him as her future husband , had learnt to ...
... circumstance ever disturbed his perfect equanimity . Such a character bears little resemblance to the fair ideal ' of a maiden's imagination : Victo- rine , however , from long regarding him as her future husband , had learnt to ...
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... circumstances of the inhabitants were alike peculiar ; the whole surface consists of low hills and narrow valleys , scarcely a single eminence rises above the other sufficiently to give a com- manding view , and there is no extent of ...
... circumstances of the inhabitants were alike peculiar ; the whole surface consists of low hills and narrow valleys , scarcely a single eminence rises above the other sufficiently to give a com- manding view , and there is no extent of ...
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... circumstances she would have nursed the infant her- self . But Wo unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days ! The signs of the times were not then to be mistaken : sooner or later she knew that the storm ...
... circumstances she would have nursed the infant her- self . But Wo unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days ! The signs of the times were not then to be mistaken : sooner or later she knew that the storm ...
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... circumstances and the people , with more truth , with sounder philosophy , and with a better heart , ascribes the moving impulse to its real source . expect , he says , that the nobles and clergy , insulted , injured , outraged and ...
... circumstances and the people , with more truth , with sounder philosophy , and with a better heart , ascribes the moving impulse to its real source . expect , he says , that the nobles and clergy , insulted , injured , outraged and ...
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... circumstances than those in which Cha- rette was at this time placed ; but the national character of the French is so cruel , that humanity , when thus displayed , must al- ways be accounted for an especial virtue in him who possesses ...
... circumstances than those in which Cha- rette was at this time placed ; but the national character of the French is so cruel , that humanity , when thus displayed , must al- ways be accounted for an especial virtue in him who possesses ...
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