The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 149A. Constable, 1879 |
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Página 37
... write , Lucius ) Savelli , was a member of one of the noblest families in Rome . And the same may be said of Ersilia Santa Croce , the first wife of Francesco Cenci . Now Francesco was , at the time of his marriage with this high- born ...
... write , Lucius ) Savelli , was a member of one of the noblest families in Rome . And the same may be said of Ersilia Santa Croce , the first wife of Francesco Cenci . Now Francesco was , at the time of his marriage with this high- born ...
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... writes Signor Bertolotti , ' would seem to show that she was not so beautiful . ' Most readers will probably think that such an inference is by no means a certain one . But the truth is that there is no need to seek any such explanation ...
... writes Signor Bertolotti , ' would seem to show that she was not so beautiful . ' Most readers will probably think that such an inference is by no means a certain one . But the truth is that there is no need to seek any such explanation ...
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... Write down , if the judge likes , that I have murdered a dozen men , and I will confess it . I will say whatever Signor Domenico chooses ; but for heaven's sake make an end of the matter . I repeat that his Holiness must settle this ...
... Write down , if the judge likes , that I have murdered a dozen men , and I will confess it . I will say whatever Signor Domenico chooses ; but for heaven's sake make an end of the matter . I repeat that his Holiness must settle this ...
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... write to me . ' She roused herself , however , and , wishing to try how to make her live liveable , she began to occupy herself with the local question of education . She also wrote home vivid pictures of the scenery and politics of the ...
... write to me . ' She roused herself , however , and , wishing to try how to make her live liveable , she began to occupy herself with the local question of education . She also wrote home vivid pictures of the scenery and politics of the ...
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... writes : " God bless you for this book ! How very precious it is to me ! Indeed , I can hardly try to express to you the feelings of affection with which I have cherished it from the first moment it ' reached us . It most amply supplies ...
... writes : " God bless you for this book ! How very precious it is to me ! Indeed , I can hardly try to express to you the feelings of affection with which I have cherished it from the first moment it ' reached us . It most amply supplies ...
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Página 472 - I should like to have been able to see their faces, and to hear their observations to each other, at the time. This occurrence at home will, one would hope, teach the loyal a little caution in speaking of the means which Napoleon employs (or rather, which they say he employs) in order to get together and to discipline his conscripts.
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Página 504 - Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
Página 474 - Cobbett was at the height of his political reputation ; but of politics we heard little, and should, I think, have heard nothing, but for an occasional red-hot patriot, who would introduce the subject, which our host would fain put aside, and got rid of as speedily as possible.
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