The Edinburgh Review, Volume 148A. and C. Black, 1878 - English literature |
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... Letters of Edmund J. Armstrong . London : 1877 , III . - A History of England in the Eighteenth Century . By William Edward Hartpole Lecky . Two vols . 8vo . London : 1878 , • IV . - 1 . Ueber die Mundarten und Wanderungen der Zigeuner ...
... Letters of Edmund J. Armstrong . London : 1877 , III . - A History of England in the Eighteenth Century . By William Edward Hartpole Lecky . Two vols . 8vo . London : 1878 , • IV . - 1 . Ueber die Mundarten und Wanderungen der Zigeuner ...
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... Letters of Father Henry Walpole , S.J. From the original MSS . at Stonyhurst College . Edited , with Notes , by Augustus Jessopp , D.D. Norwich : 1873 . ( Fifty copies printed for private circulation . ) 295 343 379 409 437 Page 4 ...
... Letters of Father Henry Walpole , S.J. From the original MSS . at Stonyhurst College . Edited , with Notes , by Augustus Jessopp , D.D. Norwich : 1873 . ( Fifty copies printed for private circulation . ) 295 343 379 409 437 Page 4 ...
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... letter of the law gives indeed , and gave then , to the supreme Government entire control over the proceedings of the ... letters . Shortly after his arrival at Calcutta , and in view of the coming hostilities with Mysore , the Governor ...
... letter of the law gives indeed , and gave then , to the supreme Government entire control over the proceedings of the ... letters . Shortly after his arrival at Calcutta , and in view of the coming hostilities with Mysore , the Governor ...
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... letter to the President of the Board of Control , Lord Wellesley speaks of the burden which this duty imposed on the head of the Go- vernment , but expressed a doubt lest the dignity of the Governor - General's office should be impaired ...
... letter to the President of the Board of Control , Lord Wellesley speaks of the burden which this duty imposed on the head of the Go- vernment , but expressed a doubt lest the dignity of the Governor - General's office should be impaired ...
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... letters to themselves . And while Lord Dalhousie , with Scotch caution , was careful to bestow a portion of his ... letter to Mr. Addington , then 24 Marquess Wellesley's Indian Administration . July ,
... letters to themselves . And while Lord Dalhousie , with Scotch caution , was careful to bestow a portion of his ... letter to Mr. Addington , then 24 Marquess Wellesley's Indian Administration . July ,
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