Pictures from the Battle Fields. By “The Roving Englishman” [E. C. Grenville Murray]. Sixth thousandG. Routledge & Company, 1856 - 259 Seiten |
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... perhaps not one lad in a hun- dred who takes his seat in the House of Lords at that age possesses any opinions of the duties required of him , and the immense responsibilities of his office , save those acquired from his guardian , or ...
... perhaps not one lad in a hun- dred who takes his seat in the House of Lords at that age possesses any opinions of the duties required of him , and the immense responsibilities of his office , save those acquired from his guardian , or ...
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... perhaps , for providing gratuitous lodgings in Austrian public build- ings to so many British travellers , but otherwise the concert of praise was perfectly harmonious ; so much so , indeed , that his Excellency Baron Brunnow , the ...
... perhaps , for providing gratuitous lodgings in Austrian public build- ings to so many British travellers , but otherwise the concert of praise was perfectly harmonious ; so much so , indeed , that his Excellency Baron Brunnow , the ...
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... perhaps a just cause it is traditionally that of the oppressor against the oppressed . Let us acknowledge this freely , and then we have said all that can be said upon their side by those who wish them best . There is no doubt , that ...
... perhaps a just cause it is traditionally that of the oppressor against the oppressed . Let us acknowledge this freely , and then we have said all that can be said upon their side by those who wish them best . There is no doubt , that ...
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... perhaps something done . But England had a high respect for both these officers , and they carried the puplic opinion of the nation with them . Both were men utterly incapable of doing anything which they believed to be wrong ; but both ...
... perhaps something done . But England had a high respect for both these officers , and they carried the puplic opinion of the nation with them . Both were men utterly incapable of doing anything which they believed to be wrong ; but both ...
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... perhaps , quite as well that we should give a lesson to the world just now , merely to show them what we could do if we should ever be really offended . In short , we would have a week's holiday , and a camp at Chobham . Then , perhaps ...
... perhaps , quite as well that we should give a lesson to the world just now , merely to show them what we could do if we should ever be really offended . In short , we would have a week's holiday , and a camp at Chobham . Then , perhaps ...
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Seite 243 - He looks and laughs at a' that. A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he mauna fa' that ! For a
Seite 5 - Sometimes the scene and the very title of his romance have been some renowned structure, a palace, a prison, or a fortress. It is thus with the * Tower of London,' ' Windsor Castle,'
Seite 259 - THE HISTORY OF ITALY; from the Fall of the Western Empire, to the Commencement of the Wars of the French Revolution. By GEORGE PERCEVAL, Esq.
Seite 3 - ... images of guilt and woe, they so clear our judgment by profound analysis, •while they move our hearts by terror or compassion, that we learn to detect and stifle in ourselves the evil thought which we see gradually unfolding itself into the guilty deed.
Seite 5 - But the readers of Mr. Ainsworth— who number thousands upon thousands— need hardly be informed of this; and now that a uniform edition of his works is published, we do not doubt but that this large number of readers even will be considerably increased.
Seite 18 - The articles are chiefly selected so as to afford a succession of graphic parts of English History, chronologically arranged, from the consideration that the portions of history upon which general readers delight to dwell are those which tell some story which is complete in itself, or furnish some illustration which has a separate as well as a general interest.
Seite 6 - Certainly no custom was ever more popular ; the fame of it is bruited throughout the length and breadth of the land. It is a subject that gives excellent scope to a writer of fiction ; and Mr. Ainsworth, by skilful treatment. has rendered it most entertaining The materials are put together with dramatic force.
Seite 28 - TUTOR'S ASSISTANT ; being a Com' * pendium of Arithmetic for the Use of Schools. A New and improved Edition, to which is added, an Appendix on the Decimal Coinage, by JR YOUNG, late Professor of Mathematics, Belfast College. " ' Walkingame's Tutor' is especially valuable for its copious variety of examples and extensive range of subjects ; and in its present more modernized, improved, and corrected form, it is hoped that it may continue to sustain the character it has so long possessed as a favourite...
Seite 1 - Edition, with Continuation to the Death of Wellington. With Portraits of all the Sovereigns. " In this edition, the editor has added some facts which had been overlooked by the author, and preceded the original work by a short notice of the earlier history, fathered from the old chroniclers, and continued to the present time.