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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... whole , the second of them seems preferable to the first . The Author , who deliberately adopts it , has , at any rate , the satisfaction of knowing that he has rejected the easier and adopted the more laborious method , and that his ...
... whole , the second of them seems preferable to the first . The Author , who deliberately adopts it , has , at any rate , the satisfaction of knowing that he has rejected the easier and adopted the more laborious method , and that his ...
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... whole of Europe . Again and again in her history the follies of her rulers have left her open to her enemies , or exposed her to the still more destructive effects of civil war . hundred years before the great revolution of the eight ...
... whole of Europe . Again and again in her history the follies of her rulers have left her open to her enemies , or exposed her to the still more destructive effects of civil war . hundred years before the great revolution of the eight ...
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... whole of Pitt's short life - though not solely from Pitt's fault - this state of things continued . When he died , Trafalgar had made his country absolute mistress of the seas . Austerlitz had made Napoleon the СНАР . I. СНАР . I ...
... whole of Pitt's short life - though not solely from Pitt's fault - this state of things continued . When he died , Trafalgar had made his country absolute mistress of the seas . Austerlitz had made Napoleon the СНАР . I. СНАР . I ...
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... whole charge thrown by it on the taxpayer . ing Fund . The country , while it was steadily increasing its liabilities , was pleasing itself with the delusion that it was rapidly extinguishing them . A certain addition was voluntarily ...
... whole charge thrown by it on the taxpayer . ing Fund . The country , while it was steadily increasing its liabilities , was pleasing itself with the delusion that it was rapidly extinguishing them . A certain addition was voluntarily ...
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... whole cost of the public service , of the charge on the debt , and of the sinking fund itself . Unfortunately , too , every addition to the cost of government , every reduction of taxation , every decrease of revenue , were liable to ...
... whole cost of the public service , of the charge on the debt , and of the sinking fund itself . Unfortunately , too , every addition to the cost of government , every reduction of taxation , every decrease of revenue , were liable to ...
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