The Quarterly Review, Volume 5William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1811 |
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... France is , perhaps , scarcely so flourishing as might naturally have been expected . After all that has been said on the question , whether it is under the influence of liberty , or the fostering protection of a muni- ficent despotism ...
... France is , perhaps , scarcely so flourishing as might naturally have been expected . After all that has been said on the question , whether it is under the influence of liberty , or the fostering protection of a muni- ficent despotism ...
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... France to eulogize as a revival of the reign of Saturn . The citizens of a free state are accustomed to regard high political and judicial situations as the natural prizes of emi- nent and probably laborious service in those respective ...
... France to eulogize as a revival of the reign of Saturn . The citizens of a free state are accustomed to regard high political and judicial situations as the natural prizes of emi- nent and probably laborious service in those respective ...
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... France ; and the result was that he determined the proportion of the average length of reigns to that of generations to be as 18 or 20 to 33 or 34. It is true that the accuracy of this proportion has been disputed ; but the error ...
... France ; and the result was that he determined the proportion of the average length of reigns to that of generations to be as 18 or 20 to 33 or 34. It is true that the accuracy of this proportion has been disputed ; but the error ...
Pagina 32
... France . In explanation of the dearth of historical records among the Asiatic nations , he observes , that those nations have generally been the victims of despotism , and that , to men so circum- stanced , history is without interest ...
... France . In explanation of the dearth of historical records among the Asiatic nations , he observes , that those nations have generally been the victims of despotism , and that , to men so circum- stanced , history is without interest ...
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... France . Many a deep tint must be cast across his brow , many a ruffian furrow ploughed into his cheek , before his countenance would appear in unison with the grim character of that scene . We must add to the Pisistratus recorded in ...
... France . Many a deep tint must be cast across his brow , many a ruffian furrow ploughed into his cheek , before his countenance would appear in unison with the grim character of that scene . We must add to the Pisistratus recorded in ...
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