The Eclectic ReviewThomas Price, William Hendry Stowell, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood Hodder and Stoughton, 1862 This periodical is comprised mainly of book reviews. The majority of the books reviewed are religious in nature, however, books with various topics-most notably books on historical topics and books of poetry are also reviewed. |
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... seem to indulge in the same complacent sneer at human infirmity - the same self - pluming gratification at their neighbours ' sins . But Mr. Thackeray especially seems to affect the Cambyses vein . He never goes off in raptures . You ...
... seem to indulge in the same complacent sneer at human infirmity - the same self - pluming gratification at their neighbours ' sins . But Mr. Thackeray especially seems to affect the Cambyses vein . He never goes off in raptures . You ...
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... seems to have commanded attention by his tremulous and thrilling voice , and an electrical power which fascinated indeed when he became constant in his ministrations . These are beau- tiful memories of the young man , but far nobler ...
... seems to have commanded attention by his tremulous and thrilling voice , and an electrical power which fascinated indeed when he became constant in his ministrations . These are beau- tiful memories of the young man , but far nobler ...
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... seems you said , ' she had an apparition on her mind . ' Had she seen a ghost ? " Oh , how he laughed loud and long ! 66 66 I told her friends she was threatened with aberration of the mind when she had the fever ; and Poor Reuben was ...
... seems you said , ' she had an apparition on her mind . ' Had she seen a ghost ? " Oh , how he laughed loud and long ! 66 66 I told her friends she was threatened with aberration of the mind when she had the fever ; and Poor Reuben was ...
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