 ... The Princesses of England, on the contrary, are themselves English, but their lives are nearly all connected with foreign nations. Their biographies, consequently, afford us a glimpse of the manners and customs of the chief European kingdoms, a circumstance...  Narrative of a Five Year's Residence at Nepaul - Pagina 9door Thomas Smith (Captain.) - 1852Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Agnes Strickland - 1850 - 450 pagina’s
...and customs of the chief European kingdoms, a circumstance which not only gives to the work the charm of variety, but which is likely to render it peculiarly...some pathetic or tender episode. We cordially commend Mts- Everett Green's production to general attention ; it is (necessarily) as useful as history) a11^... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1850 - 416 pagina’s
...and customs of the chief European kingdoms, a circumstance which not only gives to the work the charm of variety, but which is likely to render it peculiarly...enlivened by some spirited description, or touched by Bome pathetic or tender episode. We cordially commend Mrs. Everett Green's production to general attention;... | |
 | Eliot Warburton - 1851 - 582 pagina’s
...and customs of the chicf European kingdoms, a circumstance which not only gives to the work the charm of variety, but which is likely to render it peculiarly...an earnest simplicity and copious explicitness. The render is informed without being wearied, and alternately enlivened by some spirited description, or... | |
 | Eliot Warburton - 1851 - 574 pagina’s
...and customs of the chief European kingdoms, a circumstance which not only gives to the work the charm of variety, but which is likely to render it peculiarly...are related with an earnest simplicity and copious explicitncss. The reader is informed without being wearied, and alternately enlivened by some spirited... | |
 | Edmund Spencer - 1851 - 506 pagina’s
...not only gives to the work the charm of variety, but which is likely to render it peculiarly nseful to the general reader, as it links together by association...are related with an earnest simplicity and copious explidtness. The reader is informed without being wearied, and alternately enlivened by some spirited... | |
 | Edmund Spencer (capt.) - 1851 - 496 pagina’s
...not only gives to Ihe work the charm of variety, but which is likely to render it peculiarly tueful to the general reader, as it links together by association...contemporaneous history of various nations. The histories arc related with an earnest simplicity and copious cxplicitness. The reader is informed without being... | |
 | Peter Burke - 1852 - 410 pagina’s
...and customs of the chief European kingdoms, a circumstance which not only gives to the work the charm of variety, but which is likely to render it peculiarly...production to general attention ; it is (necessarily) aa useful as history, and fully as entertaining as romance." — Sun. HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. THE LIFE... | |
 | Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle - 1852 - 362 pagina’s
...and customs of the chief European kingdoms, a circumstance which not only gives to the work the charm of variety, but which is likely to render it peculiarly...are related with an earnest simplicity and copious esplicitness. The reader is informed without being wearied, and alternately enlivened by some spirited... | |
 | 1852 - 414 pagina’s
...and customs of the chief European kingdoms, a circumstance which not only gives to the work the charm of variety, but which is likely to render it peculiarly...are related with an earnest simplicity and copious cxplicitness. The reader is informed without being wearied, and alternately enlivened by some spirited... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - 1852 - 638 pagina’s
...and customs of the chief European kingdoms, a circumstance which not only gives to the work the charm of variety, but which is likely to render it peculiarly...history of various nations. The histories are related wilh an earnest simplicity and copious explicitness. The reader is informed without being wearied,... | |
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