A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1878 - Great Britain |
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... English history is of greater interest to the historical student . During the first few years , which succeeded Waterloo , Englishmen enjoyed less real liberty than at any time since the Revolution of 1688. The great majority of the ...
... English history is of greater interest to the historical student . During the first few years , which succeeded Waterloo , Englishmen enjoyed less real liberty than at any time since the Revolution of 1688. The great majority of the ...
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... Higher Orders ' The Old English Gentleman ' . Duels • Intemperance • • 132 134 • • 135 • 138 140 • 141 · 142 143 144 · 146 146 147 • 149 • 150 151 152 . 154 • 155 156 The Game Laws The Corn Laws . Enclosure Bills . X CONTENTS OF.
... Higher Orders ' The Old English Gentleman ' . Duels • Intemperance • • 132 134 • • 135 • 138 140 • 141 · 142 143 144 · 146 146 147 • 149 • 150 151 152 . 154 • 155 156 The Game Laws The Corn Laws . Enclosure Bills . X CONTENTS OF.
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... English Literature 324 Intellectual Activity of the Eighteenth Century 326 Adam Smith 327 Jeremy Bentham 332 The French Revolution and the Reaction occasioned by it 336 Malthus 338 Ricardo 339 Historical Literature 341 • Mitford . 342 ...
... English Literature 324 Intellectual Activity of the Eighteenth Century 326 Adam Smith 327 Jeremy Bentham 332 The French Revolution and the Reaction occasioned by it 336 Malthus 338 Ricardo 339 Historical Literature 341 • Mitford . 342 ...
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... injury on the noble inheritance to which he had succeeded , and had contri- buted to the dismemberment of the British empire . The English in Ireland , vol . ii . p . 140 . I. The first five - and - twenty years of 20 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... injury on the noble inheritance to which he had succeeded , and had contri- buted to the dismemberment of the British empire . The English in Ireland , vol . ii . p . 140 . I. The first five - and - twenty years of 20 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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... English race and the English language . Before the commencement of the present century nothing was known exactly about the population of the three kingdoms . Macaulay , indeed , infers from comparatively reliable data that the entire ...
... English race and the English language . Before the commencement of the present century nothing was known exactly about the population of the three kingdoms . Macaulay , indeed , infers from comparatively reliable data that the entire ...
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