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... shows creditable industry , and a moderate , impartial tone . It will have a favourable effect for Perceval's reputation , bringing out as it does in strong relief his Parliamentary ability and exemplary character . Perceval well held ...
... shows creditable industry , and a moderate , impartial tone . It will have a favourable effect for Perceval's reputation , bringing out as it does in strong relief his Parliamentary ability and exemplary character . Perceval well held ...
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... shows the gradual decline of the system of leaving the election of the clergy to the parish , and treats of the ... show that he has considerable talent in the style of Count Leo Tolstoi and Flanbert . His name will doubtless be heard ...
... shows the gradual decline of the system of leaving the election of the clergy to the parish , and treats of the ... show that he has considerable talent in the style of Count Leo Tolstoi and Flanbert . His name will doubtless be heard ...
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... shows rather too strongly the influence of the late Father Faber , whose some- what mawkish sentimentality has , for a certain class of minds , and that no exceptional one , an attraction which is far from healthy , and which we do not ...
... shows rather too strongly the influence of the late Father Faber , whose some- what mawkish sentimentality has , for a certain class of minds , and that no exceptional one , an attraction which is far from healthy , and which we do not ...
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... shows a wonderfully free and vivacious judgment , carried to the point of rudeness , a singular contempt for men in general , and the official world in which he lived in particular . This characteristic is so striking , that one is ...
... shows a wonderfully free and vivacious judgment , carried to the point of rudeness , a singular contempt for men in general , and the official world in which he lived in particular . This characteristic is so striking , that one is ...
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... shows few traces of being ex- tracted from a novel . Its interest is con- tinuous , if it is never very strong , and ... show the superiority of his own management over that of his predecessors that can have influenced Mr. Buckstone in ...
... shows few traces of being ex- tracted from a novel . Its interest is con- tinuous , if it is never very strong , and ... show the superiority of his own management over that of his predecessors that can have influenced Mr. Buckstone in ...
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