A history of England, from the conclusion of the great war in 1815 [to 1858].Longmans, Green, and Company, 1879 - Great Britain |
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... lived , it belonged to the person substituted in his official state . ' Fortunately for the country , a greater man than any of these three saw through the legal technicalities in which they were assiduously wrapping up the subject ...
... lived , it belonged to the person substituted in his official state . ' Fortunately for the country , a greater man than any of these three saw through the legal technicalities in which they were assiduously wrapping up the subject ...
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... lived on fixed incomes , and the great mass of the nation , who were dependent on daily labour , were in a very different position . The wages of labour did not rise with the fall in the value of the currency , and therefore every ...
... lived on fixed incomes , and the great mass of the nation , who were dependent on daily labour , were in a very different position . The wages of labour did not rise with the fall in the value of the currency , and therefore every ...
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... lived in the neighbourhood . Even at that time , an obscure mason's apprentice , in a then remote valley , he seems to have had faith in his own industry and in his own abilities . Nor pass the tentie curious lad , Who o'er the ingle ...
... lived in the neighbourhood . Even at that time , an obscure mason's apprentice , in a then remote valley , he seems to have had faith in his own industry and in his own abilities . Nor pass the tentie curious lad , Who o'er the ingle ...
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... lived , and wrote , and died ; where Playfair , Dugald Stewart , and Adam Smith taught ; and where Jeffrey and Wilson wrote . The dullest spirit feels his blood stirred when he sees the spot where Scott was born , the school in which he ...
... lived , and wrote , and died ; where Playfair , Dugald Stewart , and Adam Smith taught ; and where Jeffrey and Wilson wrote . The dullest spirit feels his blood stirred when he sees the spot where Scott was born , the school in which he ...
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... lived in Italy , to use Canova's striking illustration , Pitt and Fox would have been artists , and England would have had no reason to deplore her inferiority in art.1 A system , under which all the rising men of the day regarded ...
... lived in Italy , to use Canova's striking illustration , Pitt and Fox would have been artists , and England would have had no reason to deplore her inferiority in art.1 A system , under which all the rising men of the day regarded ...
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