The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Zväzok 160A. Constable, 1884 |
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... doubt you are acquainted with him ? 6.66 99 Certainly , " I replied , " for a long time , and almost intimately . If it were not a rather treacherous compliment , I would say of him what all the world says he is not deficient in wit ...
... doubt you are acquainted with him ? 6.66 99 Certainly , " I replied , " for a long time , and almost intimately . If it were not a rather treacherous compliment , I would say of him what all the world says he is not deficient in wit ...
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... doubt , were scarcely sincere at any time . The following letter - the full text appears , we believe , for the first time in this book , though the substance has been long ago known - is signifi- cant in the highest degree . The writer ...
... doubt , were scarcely sincere at any time . The following letter - the full text appears , we believe , for the first time in this book , though the substance has been long ago known - is signifi- cant in the highest degree . The writer ...
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... doubt , however , if he spoke like this in 1802 : - " The First Consul will never give us peace and prosperity . Look at that buffoon ; he is going through Belgium in the midst of fêtes and receptions arranged by himself . " Compare ...
... doubt , however , if he spoke like this in 1802 : - " The First Consul will never give us peace and prosperity . Look at that buffoon ; he is going through Belgium in the midst of fêtes and receptions arranged by himself . " Compare ...
Strana 29
... doubt , " was the reply . ' My heart began to beat violently , and I looked at him full in the face , trying to hide my emotion . " To - morrow you will carry to the Senate the letters patent appointing the Comte lieutenant - general of ...
... doubt , " was the reply . ' My heart began to beat violently , and I looked at him full in the face , trying to hide my emotion . " To - morrow you will carry to the Senate the letters patent appointing the Comte lieutenant - general of ...
Strana 30
... doubt M. de Talleyrand will shut his mouth . " Nothing of the kind took place . Without saying a word , without embarrassment , without a sign of surprise , the Prince of Beneventum walked up to me , and , taking me by the button - hole ...
... doubt M. de Talleyrand will shut his mouth . " Nothing of the kind took place . Without saying a word , without embarrassment , without a sign of surprise , the Prince of Beneventum walked up to me , and , taking me by the button - hole ...
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