Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 46W. Blackwood., 1839 - England |
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... COURT - THE CABINET - AND THE COUNTRY , 381 392 410 417 EDINBURGH : WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS , 45 , GEORGE STREET , EDINBURGH : AND T. CADELL , STRAND , London . To whom Communications ( post paid ) may be addressed . SOLD ALSO BY ALL ...
... COURT - THE CABINET - AND THE COUNTRY , 381 392 410 417 EDINBURGH : WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS , 45 , GEORGE STREET , EDINBURGH : AND T. CADELL , STRAND , London . To whom Communications ( post paid ) may be addressed . SOLD ALSO BY ALL ...
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... court or his reign , died , on the 1st September 1715 , the general characteristics of French literature were reverence for religion , loyalty to the throne , a pride in the extensive influence of France over other nations , which was ...
... court or his reign , died , on the 1st September 1715 , the general characteristics of French literature were reverence for religion , loyalty to the throne , a pride in the extensive influence of France over other nations , which was ...
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... court . Thus he was at once less poetical , less simple , and less true , than his great predeces- sors . " It is impossible , we think , to claim for Voltaire even an equality with Cor- neille and Racine . Compare the im- pressions ...
... court . Thus he was at once less poetical , less simple , and less true , than his great predeces- sors . " It is impossible , we think , to claim for Voltaire even an equality with Cor- neille and Racine . Compare the im- pressions ...
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... Court . Villemain's esti- mate of D'Aguesseau is somewhat lower than that to which we have been accustomed ; even as a magistrate , a lawyer , and a man of business , he seems to think him somewhat timorous and time - serving ...
... Court . Villemain's esti- mate of D'Aguesseau is somewhat lower than that to which we have been accustomed ; even as a magistrate , a lawyer , and a man of business , he seems to think him somewhat timorous and time - serving ...
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... court filled the pit ; well - dressed women in the boxes joined in the de- monstrations of applause : and when , after the close of the piece , the bust of the poet was carried upon the stage , a new delirium ensued . Voltaire was more ...
... court filled the pit ; well - dressed women in the boxes joined in the de- monstrations of applause : and when , after the close of the piece , the bust of the poet was carried upon the stage , a new delirium ensued . Voltaire was more ...
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