The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volumen152A. Constable, 1880 |
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... court in 1874 , in which the testator had left her whole fortune to twelve pet cats , their legitimate offspring , and the custodians of these feline legatees , existent and to come . There should be arrangements for boarding out ...
... court in 1874 , in which the testator had left her whole fortune to twelve pet cats , their legitimate offspring , and the custodians of these feline legatees , existent and to come . There should be arrangements for boarding out ...
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... Court . The bulk of a work in five large octavo volumes is altogether disproportionate to the personal importance of the subject : its length and its costliness prevent it from obtaining the circulation it deserves . The generous ...
... Court . The bulk of a work in five large octavo volumes is altogether disproportionate to the personal importance of the subject : its length and its costliness prevent it from obtaining the circulation it deserves . The generous ...
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... Court ceremonies , royal births and mar- riages , and all those puerilities which devoured so large an amount of the valuable life of the Prince . To English taste the fulsome sentiment which the Germans are wont to lavish on ...
... Court ceremonies , royal births and mar- riages , and all those puerilities which devoured so large an amount of the valuable life of the Prince . To English taste the fulsome sentiment which the Germans are wont to lavish on ...
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... as these were going on in Europe , it is not surprising that the British Court should have watched the course of events with anxiety . To this Her Majesty replied : : - ' We 108 Memoirs of the Prince Consort ( Conclusion ) . July ,
... as these were going on in Europe , it is not surprising that the British Court should have watched the course of events with anxiety . To this Her Majesty replied : : - ' We 108 Memoirs of the Prince Consort ( Conclusion ) . July ,
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... Court of Turin for the cession of Savoy . I agree with Lord John , ' he added , ' that the King would be disgraced were he to " céder , troquer ou " vendre la Savoie . " The fact is that no treaty of cession had actually been signed ...
... Court of Turin for the cession of Savoy . I agree with Lord John , ' he added , ' that the King would be disgraced were he to " céder , troquer ou " vendre la Savoie . " The fact is that no treaty of cession had actually been signed ...
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Página 118 - The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them; and the Sabeans fell upon them and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Página 18 - Change, and there my Lord and most of the company to a club supper ; Sir P. Neale. Sir B. Murray, Dr. Clerke, Dr. Whistler, Dr. Goddard, and others of the most eminent worth. Above all Mr. Boyle was at the meeting, and above him, Mr. Hooke. who is the most, and promises the least, of any man in the world that ever I saw.
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Página 238 - Sacrament, which troubled me, but I took no notice of it, but she went on from one thing to another till at last it appeared plainly her trouble was at what she saw, but yet I did not know how much she saw, and therefore said nothing to her.
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Página 248 - And so home to our own church, it being the common Fast-day, and it was just before sermon ; but, Lord ! how all the people in the church stared upon me to see me whisper to Sir John Minnes and my Lady Pen. Anon I saw people stirring and whispering below, and by and by comes up the sexton from my Lady Ford to tell me the news, which I had brought, being now sent into the church by Sir W. Batten in writing, and passed from pew to pew.
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