A history of England, from the conclusion of the great war in 1815 [to 1858].Longmans, 1879 - Great Britain |
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... English Gentleman ' . Duels • Intemperance 140 • 141 142 • Promoted by the Accumulation of Wealth . 143 • 144 · 146 · 146 147 • 149 • 150 151 • 152 154 155 156 · PAGE The Game Laws 157 The Corn Laws . 161 X CONTENTS OF.
... English Gentleman ' . Duels • Intemperance 140 • 141 142 • Promoted by the Accumulation of Wealth . 143 • 144 · 146 · 146 147 • 149 • 150 151 • 152 154 155 156 · PAGE The Game Laws 157 The Corn Laws . 161 X CONTENTS OF.
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... English Literature 324 • Intellectual Activity of the Eighteenth Century Adam Smith Jeremy Bentham 326 . 327 · 332 The French Revolution and the Reaction occasioned by it 336 Malthus 338 Ricardo 339 . Historical Literature 341 • Mitford ...
... English Literature 324 • Intellectual Activity of the Eighteenth Century Adam Smith Jeremy Bentham 326 . 327 · 332 The French Revolution and the Reaction occasioned by it 336 Malthus 338 Ricardo 339 . Historical Literature 341 • Mitford ...
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... English and Irish Exchequers Critical Condition of the Country The Harvest fails 402 403 • 404 404 · 406 · 408 410 • 411 412 · 412 · 413 • 416 417 Universal Distress 418 Riots Trial of the Rioters Distress in the Coal and Iron Trades ...
... English and Irish Exchequers Critical Condition of the Country The Harvest fails 402 403 • 404 404 · 406 · 408 410 • 411 412 · 412 · 413 • 416 417 Universal Distress 418 Riots Trial of the Rioters Distress in the Coal and Iron Trades ...
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... on the noble inheritance to which he had succeeded , and had contri- buted to the dismemberment of the British empire . 1 The English in Ireland , vol . ii . p . 140 . I. The first five - and - twenty years of 20 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... on the noble inheritance to which he had succeeded , and had contri- buted to the dismemberment of the British empire . 1 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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