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... foreign to himself , and the defect was in a great measure sup- plied by the wide extent of his intellectual sympa- thies . On politics , or public economy , on literature , on art , even on such questionable topics as mesmerism and ...
... foreign to himself , and the defect was in a great measure sup- plied by the wide extent of his intellectual sympa- thies . On politics , or public economy , on literature , on art , even on such questionable topics as mesmerism and ...
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... Foreign Secretary in the same government . On his death in 1855 , Henry Lushington wrote a poem on his memory , which was published in the Examiner , and afterwards included in his little volume of Political Poems.1 I insert below this ...
... Foreign Secretary in the same government . On his death in 1855 , Henry Lushington wrote a poem on his memory , which was published in the Examiner , and afterwards included in his little volume of Political Poems.1 I insert below this ...
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... now . Rest in thy foreign grave , Sicilian ! whom our English hearts have loved , — Italian ! such as Dante had approved , — An exile - not a slave ! " classical , not a thought which they contain is in- HENRY LUSHINGTON . lvi.
... now . Rest in thy foreign grave , Sicilian ! whom our English hearts have loved , — Italian ! such as Dante had approved , — An exile - not a slave ! " classical , not a thought which they contain is in- HENRY LUSHINGTON . lvi.
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... foreign garrison thronged the streets . Naples was full of anecdotes of royal ferocity , and though Englishmen had no personal inconvenience to fear , the consciousness of living in the midst of spies and of traitors tended strongly to ...
... foreign garrison thronged the streets . Naples was full of anecdotes of royal ferocity , and though Englishmen had no personal inconvenience to fear , the consciousness of living in the midst of spies and of traitors tended strongly to ...
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... foreign money in the island was at a premium , as compared with every other . The governor , as was his custom , regarded the opponents of his policy as personal enemies , and the secretary alone , with his calm temper and arith ...
... foreign money in the island was at a premium , as compared with every other . The governor , as was his custom , regarded the opponents of his policy as personal enemies , and the secretary alone , with his calm temper and arith ...
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