The Life of Lord John Russell, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1889 - Great Britain |
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Page vi
... important to the historical student , would have been practically useless to the general reader . I consequently selected the second alternative , believing that it was rather the function of a biographer to write a book to be read ...
... important to the historical student , would have been practically useless to the general reader . I consequently selected the second alternative , believing that it was rather the function of a biographer to write a book to be read ...
Page vii
... importance . But , as those whose judgment I value have told me that the life of a man who became a peer should bear his later and not his earlier name , I am glad to think that you , equally with myself , are of another opinion . The ...
... importance . But , as those whose judgment I value have told me that the life of a man who became a peer should bear his later and not his earlier name , I am glad to think that you , equally with myself , are of another opinion . The ...
Page ix
... correspondence which unfortunately no longer exists . The Duke's letters to Lord John and Lady Minto , however , form important relics of it . VOL . I. a Mr. H. Villiers , and many others either related to PREFACE ix.
... correspondence which unfortunately no longer exists . The Duke's letters to Lord John and Lady Minto , however , form important relics of it . VOL . I. a Mr. H. Villiers , and many others either related to PREFACE ix.
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... importance than the acquisi- tion of mere knowledge . Happily for him— ... The hard life of a fag - for in those days it was a hard life — and the unwholesome food disagreed with me so much that [ in the summer of 1804 ] my stepmother ...
... importance than the acquisi- tion of mere knowledge . Happily for him— ... The hard life of a fag - for in those days it was a hard life — and the unwholesome food disagreed with me so much that [ in the summer of 1804 ] my stepmother ...
Page 11
... importance . But Dr. Cartwright was not merely a mechanic . He was a poet of some note in his day ; and published in 1807 a volume of letters and sonnets on moral and other interesting subjects addressed to Lord John Russel ( sic ) . In ...
... importance . But Dr. Cartwright was not merely a mechanic . He was a poet of some note in his day ; and published in 1807 a volume of letters and sonnets on moral and other interesting subjects addressed to Lord John Russel ( sic ) . In ...
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Page viii - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.