The Critical Review, Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1808 - English literature |
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Page 234
... and ephemeral expedients ; which might have been successfully practised in the former state of Europe , but which in the present are totally inadequate to do any thing but evil , or to occasion any thing but peril and calamity .
... and ephemeral expedients ; which might have been successfully practised in the former state of Europe , but which in the present are totally inadequate to do any thing but evil , or to occasion any thing but peril and calamity .
Page 257
An introductory chapter is properly devoted to the history of Wales , without some knowledge of which the antiquities , which the traveller has occasion to observe , must be very obscure . In this dark subject the life and exploits of ...
An introductory chapter is properly devoted to the history of Wales , without some knowledge of which the antiquities , which the traveller has occasion to observe , must be very obscure . In this dark subject the life and exploits of ...
Page 429
That we may not be censured for any unbecoming levity on this occasion , we now abandon the ridicule which the obtrusion of such improper cant on the most trifling occasions is , we confess , too apt to excite in our minds , and proceed ...
That we may not be censured for any unbecoming levity on this occasion , we now abandon the ridicule which the obtrusion of such improper cant on the most trifling occasions is , we confess , too apt to excite in our minds , and proceed ...
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