The National Review, Том 2R. Theobald, 1856 |
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... pounds , and had great influence both in Parliament and in the City . He Mr. Gibbon was not idle . applied himself to the greatest bubble of all - one so great , that ཚོམ ticles e master ! ward nius , commer fortenar many Edward Gibbon .
... pounds , and had great influence both in Parliament and in the City . He Mr. Gibbon was not idle . applied himself to the greatest bubble of all - one so great , that ཚོམ ticles e master ! ward nius , commer fortenar many Edward Gibbon .
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... , was worth sixty thousand pounds , and had great influence both in Parliament and in the City . He applied himself to the greatest bubble of all - one so great , that it is spoken of in many books as the cause 2 Edward Gibbon .
... , was worth sixty thousand pounds , and had great influence both in Parliament and in the City . He applied himself to the greatest bubble of all - one so great , that it is spoken of in many books as the cause 2 Edward Gibbon .
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... capacity , who left a very slight trace of her influence on the character of her son ; who did little , and died early . The real mother , as he is careful to explain , of his understanding and education was 4 Edward Gibbon .
... capacity , who left a very slight trace of her influence on the character of her son ; who did little , and died early . The real mother , as he is careful to explain , of his understanding and education was 4 Edward Gibbon .
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... had a preponderat- ing influence over him , the works of Father Parsons , who lived in Queen Elizabeth's time . But in all probability these were secondary persuasions , justifications after the event . No young 12 Edward Gibbon .
... had a preponderat- ing influence over him , the works of Father Parsons , who lived in Queen Elizabeth's time . But in all probability these were secondary persuasions , justifications after the event . No young 12 Edward Gibbon .
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... influence to our own writers , and make it an arduous matter even to explain the conceivableness of the French ambition . Of all men living then or since , David Hume was the most likely from prejudice and habit to take an unfavourable ...
... influence to our own writers , and make it an arduous matter even to explain the conceivableness of the French ambition . Of all men living then or since , David Hume was the most likely from prejudice and habit to take an unfavourable ...
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