The Quarterly review, Volumen 13Murray, 1815 |
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... Spanish Academy . V. A new Covering to the Velvet Cushion . 1 56 76 83 113 VI . The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa , in the Year 1805. By Mungo Park . Together with ' other Documents , official and private , relating to ...
... Spanish Academy . V. A new Covering to the Velvet Cushion . 1 56 76 83 113 VI . The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa , in the Year 1805. By Mungo Park . Together with ' other Documents , official and private , relating to ...
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... Spanish Academy . London : Longman and Co. 1815. Two vols . 12mo . No poet in our language , or perhaps in any other , has been more the object of contemporary criticism than Mr. Southey . The frequency and boldness of his flights ...
... Spanish Academy . London : Longman and Co. 1815. Two vols . 12mo . No poet in our language , or perhaps in any other , has been more the object of contemporary criticism than Mr. Southey . The frequency and boldness of his flights ...
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... Spanish sword , and receives the weapon of Count Julian . Thus equipped , he plunges into the thickest ranks of the enemy , scattering dismay and death on every side . A trait of national character is introduced in the exulting pride ...
... Spanish sword , and receives the weapon of Count Julian . Thus equipped , he plunges into the thickest ranks of the enemy , scattering dismay and death on every side . A trait of national character is introduced in the exulting pride ...
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... Spanish missionaries , whether on the east or west coasts of South Africa , speak of the waters of the Nile and of the Zayr being derived from the same sources ; that these sources are large lakes in the neighbourhood of the equator and ...
... Spanish missionaries , whether on the east or west coasts of South Africa , speak of the waters of the Nile and of the Zayr being derived from the same sources ; that these sources are large lakes in the neighbourhood of the equator and ...
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... Spanish helmet , the whole of shining brass , instead of scepter and crown ; and of the sanie brass , he also sent a cross of the make of those worn by the knights commanders of the order of St. John , ( Malta , ) to be hung about the ...
... Spanish helmet , the whole of shining brass , instead of scepter and crown ; and of the sanie brass , he also sent a cross of the make of those worn by the knights commanders of the order of St. John , ( Malta , ) to be hung about the ...
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