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Pagina 2
... mind could have produced such literary luxuries as the works of Walpole . He was , unless we have formed a very erroneous judgment of his character , the most eccentric , the most artificial , the most fastidious , the most capricious ...
... mind could have produced such literary luxuries as the works of Walpole . He was , unless we have formed a very erroneous judgment of his character , the most eccentric , the most artificial , the most fastidious , the most capricious ...
Pagina 5
... detain a mind which was occupied in recording the scandal of club - rooms and the whispers of the back - stairs , and which was even capable of selecting and disposing chairs of ebony WALPOLE'S LETTERS TO SIR HORACE MANN . 5.
... detain a mind which was occupied in recording the scandal of club - rooms and the whispers of the back - stairs , and which was even capable of selecting and disposing chairs of ebony WALPOLE'S LETTERS TO SIR HORACE MANN . 5.
Pagina 6
... mind . " I know nothing . How should I ? I who have always lived in the big busy world ; who lie a - bed all the morning , calling it morning as long as you please ; who sup in company ; who have played at faro half my life , and now at ...
... mind . " I know nothing . How should I ? I who have always lived in the big busy world ; who lie a - bed all the morning , calling it morning as long as you please ; who sup in company ; who have played at faro half my life , and now at ...
Pagina 27
... mind to definite reforms which might have completed the work of the revolution , which might have brought the legislature into harmony with the nation , and which might have prevented the Crown from doing by influence what it could no ...
... mind to definite reforms which might have completed the work of the revolution , which might have brought the legislature into harmony with the nation , and which might have prevented the Crown from doing by influence what it could no ...
Pagina 30
... mind of George the First . The other Ministers could speak no German . The King could speak no English . All the com- munication that Walpole held with his master was in very bad Latin . Carteret dismayed his colleagues by the volu ...
... mind of George the First . The other Ministers could speak no German . The King could speak no English . All the com- munication that Walpole held with his master was in very bad Latin . Carteret dismayed his colleagues by the volu ...
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