The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 45A. Constable, 1827 |
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... means of secondary importance in his views , Unfortunately , from a delicate wish , perhaps , that the reward should not appear to come in too close coincidence with the service , -the pen- sion bestowed upon him arrived too late to ...
... means of secondary importance in his views , Unfortunately , from a delicate wish , perhaps , that the reward should not appear to come in too close coincidence with the service , -the pen- sion bestowed upon him arrived too late to ...
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... means of salvation to England , while his opponents assert that it was only prevented by chance from being her ruin - and though the event gives an appearance of triumph to the former opinion , it by no means removes or even weakens the ...
... means of salvation to England , while his opponents assert that it was only prevented by chance from being her ruin - and though the event gives an appearance of triumph to the former opinion , it by no means removes or even weakens the ...
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... means , and with a total ignorance of the financial resources of the enemy - if allowing one part of the Cabinet to flatter the French Royalists , with the hope of seeing the Bourbons restored to undiminished power , while the other ...
... means , and with a total ignorance of the financial resources of the enemy - if allowing one part of the Cabinet to flatter the French Royalists , with the hope of seeing the Bourbons restored to undiminished power , while the other ...
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... means of the corrupt influence they already possessed in the two Houses of Parliament , to pass these Bills , in violent opposition to the declared sense of the great majority of the nation , and they should be put in force with all ...
... means of the corrupt influence they already possessed in the two Houses of Parliament , to pass these Bills , in violent opposition to the declared sense of the great majority of the nation , and they should be put in force with all ...
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... means of persuasion ; and we are far more afraid of the encroachments of arbitrary power , under cover of its patronage , and the general love of peace , security , and distinction , which attract so strongly to the region of the Court ...
... means of persuasion ; and we are far more afraid of the encroachments of arbitrary power , under cover of its patronage , and the general love of peace , security , and distinction , which attract so strongly to the region of the Court ...
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