It is not possible to conceive contemporary history more completely exemplified. From such materials it was not possible to form a work that would not possess the very highest interest. The Duke of Buckingham has, however, moulded his materials with no... A sketcher's tour round the world - Стр. 340авторы: Robert Elwes - 1854Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| Dawson, William, & Sons, of London - 1809 - Страниц: 344
...that would not possess the very highest interest. The Duke of Buckingham has, however, moulded his materials with no ordinary ability and skill. The...judgment and vigour — not unfrequently in a style which comes up to thehighest order of historical composition — especially in some of the sketches... | |
| James Phillips Fletcher - 1853 - Страниц: 350
...that would not possess the very highest interest. The Duke of Buckingham has, however, moulded his materials with no ordinary ability and skill. The...especially in some of the sketches of personal character." — Morning Herald. HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, SUCCESSORS TO HENRY COI.UURX, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1853 - Страниц: 576
...would not possess the very highest interest. The Duke of Buckingham has, however, moulded his malerialt with no ordinary ability and skill. The connecting...especially in some of the sketches of personal character.' — Standard, 19th Feb., 1853. All this seems very strong — but, in spite of the title-page and newspaper... | |
| 1853 - Страниц: 566
...work that would not possess the very highest interest. Uu Duke of Buckingham has, however, moulded his materials with no ordinary ability and skill. The...highest order of historical composition — especially iu some of the sketches of personal character.' — Standard, 19th Feb., 1853. All this seems very... | |
| Margaret Oliphant Oliphant - 1853 - Страниц: 340
...that would not possess the very highest interest. The Duke of Buckingham has, however, moulded his materials with no ordinary ability and skill. The...narrative is written both with judgment and vigour — not unfrequentlv in a style that comes up to the highest order of historical composition — especially... | |
| Selina Bunbury - 1853 - Страниц: 404
...that would not possess the very highest interest. The Duke of Buckingham has, however, moulded his materials with no ordinary ability and skill. The...connecting narrative is written both with judgment and vigour—not unfrequently in a style that comes up to the highest order of historical composition—especially... | |
| James Bruce - 1853 - Страниц: 360
...that would not possess the very highest interest. The I>uke of Buckingham has, however, moulded Ms materials with no ordinary ability and skill. The...connecting narrative is written both with judgment and vigour—not unfrequently in a style that comis up to the highest order of historical composition—especially... | |
| L. Hugh De Bonelli - 1854 - Страниц: 356
...that would not possess the very highest interest. The Duke of Buckingham has, however, moulded his materials with no ordinary ability and skill. The...style that comes up to the highest order of historical compositien — especially in some of the sketches of personal character. There is scarcely a single... | |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton - 1854 - Страниц: 356
...ahility and skill. The co meeting narrative is written hoth with judgment and vigour — not unfrequenlly in a style that comes up to the highest order of historical...character. There is scarcely a single individual of celehrity throughout the period from 1782 to 1800 who is not introduced into these pages ; amongst... | |
| Samuel Pepys - 1854 - Страниц: 510
...that would not possess the very highest interest. The Duke of Buckingham has, however, moulded his materials with no ordinary ability and skill. The...judgment and vigour — not unfrequently in a style which comes up to the highest order of historical composition — especially in some of the sketches... | |
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