The Book of Authors: A Collection of Criticisms, Ana, Môts, Personal Descriptions, EtcFrederick Warne and cia. - 516 էջ |
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... Boswell . George Buchanan . 1506-1582 . That notable man , Mr. George Bucquhanane - remains alyve to this day in the yeir of God 1566 years , to the glory of God , to the gret honour of this natioun , and to the comfort of thame that ...
... Boswell . George Buchanan . 1506-1582 . That notable man , Mr. George Bucquhanane - remains alyve to this day in the yeir of God 1566 years , to the glory of God , to the gret honour of this natioun , and to the comfort of thame that ...
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... Boswell . 66 His De jure Regni apud Scotos , a spirited and elegant dialogue betwixt the author and Thomas Maitland , in which the true principles of Government are delivered ; next the distinction betwixt a King and a Tyrant is ...
... Boswell . 66 His De jure Regni apud Scotos , a spirited and elegant dialogue betwixt the author and Thomas Maitland , in which the true principles of Government are delivered ; next the distinction betwixt a King and a Tyrant is ...
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... Boswell . Meek Walton's heavenly memory . — Wordsworth . The quaint , old , cruel coxcomb , in his gullet Should have a hook and a small trout to pull it . — Byron . Whether we consider the elegant simplicity of the style ( of the ...
... Boswell . Meek Walton's heavenly memory . — Wordsworth . The quaint , old , cruel coxcomb , in his gullet Should have a hook and a small trout to pull it . — Byron . Whether we consider the elegant simplicity of the style ( of the ...
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... Boswell . A man of great piety , and if he had not meddled in too many things , would have been esteemed one of the learned men of the age . He writ near three hundred books ; of these three are large folio . He had a very moving and ...
... Boswell . A man of great piety , and if he had not meddled in too many things , would have been esteemed one of the learned men of the age . He writ near three hundred books ; of these three are large folio . He had a very moving and ...
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... Boswell . • The madness of vice appear'd in his person in very eminent instances , since at last he became contemptible and poor , sickly and sunk in his parts , as well as in all other respects , so that his conversation was as much ...
... Boswell . • The madness of vice appear'd in his person in very eminent instances , since at last he became contemptible and poor , sickly and sunk in his parts , as well as in all other respects , so that his conversation was as much ...
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The Book of Authors: A Collection of Criticisms, Ana, Môts, Personal ... William Clark Russell Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1871 |
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