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News, meantime, were received, of the surrender of Malta to an English expedition under Lord Keith and Sir Ralph Abercrombie; [37] and this timely piece of good fortune breathed fresh spirit into the Antigallican league.
The History of Napoleon Buonaparte Lockhart, John G 1906
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Yes, he speaks with great authority and conviction, and it carries the more emphasis because he is not without Antigallican prejudice, I observed.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Browning, Elizabeth B 1898
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Antigallican [1] was added to it; and in July 1758 it expired.
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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Yes, he speaks with great authority and conviction, and it carries the more emphasis because he is not without Antigallican prejudice, I observed.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1833
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If Mr. Fox ever happened to peruse the praises, which his _Antigallican_ sentiments on this occasion procured for him, from the tedious biographer of his rival, Mr. Gifford, he would have suspected, like Phocion, that he must have spoken something unworthy of himself, to have drawn down upon his head a panegyric from such a quarter.
Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 Thomas Moore 1815
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On Sunday, the 21st, the octave of the original issue, the _Examiner_ devoted a long article to an apology for Byron, and a fierce rejoinder to the _Champion_; and on the same day the _Independent Whig_ and the _Sunday News_, which favoured the "opposition," printed both poems, with prefatory notices more or less favourable to the writer; whereas the Tory _Antigallican
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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The proprietor of the Morning Post, in his paper of last Monday, says, that Cobbett and Hunt ought at least to lose their lives; and the author of the Antigallican has, I am told, put the drawing of a gallows in his Paper, with a _rope_ ready for use, having _my name_ on it, or very near it.
Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 Henry Hunt 1804
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That magazine, after Johnson ceased to write in it, gradually declined, though the popular epithet of _Antigallican_ [952] was added to it; and in July 1758 it expired.
Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 James Boswell 1767
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-- damn me! my feet don't like to be called paws! no, 'tis certain I have most Antigallican toes!
The Rivals A Comedy Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1783
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t/l§ntbkf Re*oinv* Reviewers reviewed by an Antigallican, 8vo. 6d« xiii.
The Monthly Review 1786
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