The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Bind 76A. Constable, 1843 |
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... enemy asfanned by conquest's crimson wing . ' Mr Alison has adorned a passage of his history with this easy and spirited metaphor ; but he has most unskilfully transferred the ventilation from the banners to the minds of the conquerors ...
... enemy asfanned by conquest's crimson wing . ' Mr Alison has adorned a passage of his history with this easy and spirited metaphor ; but he has most unskilfully transferred the ventilation from the banners to the minds of the conquerors ...
Side 36
... enemy on the continent . Here , ' as Mr Alison truly and pointedly remarks , lay the capital error of Mr Pitt's ... enemies , that his war administration , from 1793 to 1799 , was at once the most reckless , and the most feeble , that ...
... enemy on the continent . Here , ' as Mr Alison truly and pointedly remarks , lay the capital error of Mr Pitt's ... enemies , that his war administration , from 1793 to 1799 , was at once the most reckless , and the most feeble , that ...
Side 39
... enemies as formi- dable , and a war administration as imbecile , as in 1793. We have no doubt that , backed by the obstinate courage and vast resources of the British people , the most incapable ministry would sooner or later achieve a ...
... enemies as formi- dable , and a war administration as imbecile , as in 1793. We have no doubt that , backed by the obstinate courage and vast resources of the British people , the most incapable ministry would sooner or later achieve a ...
Side 50
... enemy , and his faithless ally . He saw his high - minded queen throw herself in tears at the feet of the French emperor , and receive an obdurate repulse . He re- turned home to witness her melancholy and lingering death- the result of ...
... enemy , and his faithless ally . He saw his high - minded queen throw herself in tears at the feet of the French emperor , and receive an obdurate repulse . He re- turned home to witness her melancholy and lingering death- the result of ...
Side 52
... enemy in the open field , they were constantly foremost in the ranks of the Austrian army . The partisan warfare of the Spanish peasantry may captivate romantic imaginations ; but such are not the means by which a great nation should ...
... enemy in the open field , they were constantly foremost in the ranks of the Austrian army . The partisan warfare of the Spanish peasantry may captivate romantic imaginations ; but such are not the means by which a great nation should ...
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