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... Rank , Worth , and Intellect , con- taining nearly One Thousand Memoirs of Eminent Living Individuals . Post Svo , 8s . 6d . cloth . VI . COMPREHENSIVE DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY ; comprising a Series of Memoirs of Eminent Individuals ...
... Rank , Worth , and Intellect , con- taining nearly One Thousand Memoirs of Eminent Living Individuals . Post Svo , 8s . 6d . cloth . VI . COMPREHENSIVE DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY ; comprising a Series of Memoirs of Eminent Individuals ...
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Dictionary. DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY BIOGRAPHY : A Handbook of the Peerage OF RANK , WORTH , AND INTELLECT . CONTAINING MEMOIRS OF NEARLY ONE THOUSAND EMINENT LIVING INDIVIDUALS . LONDON AND GLASGOW : RICHARD GRIFFIN AND COMPANY ...
Dictionary. DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY BIOGRAPHY : A Handbook of the Peerage OF RANK , WORTH , AND INTELLECT . CONTAINING MEMOIRS OF NEARLY ONE THOUSAND EMINENT LIVING INDIVIDUALS . LONDON AND GLASGOW : RICHARD GRIFFIN AND COMPANY ...
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... ranks of the old of the Russian war have also tended to Tory party . On Lord Derby resigning impoverish the nation . He has obtained in 1852 , Lord Aberdeen had assigned to loans through the guarantee of England him the difficult task ...
... ranks of the old of the Russian war have also tended to Tory party . On Lord Derby resigning impoverish the nation . He has obtained in 1852 , Lord Aberdeen had assigned to loans through the guarantee of England him the difficult task ...
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... ranks of the liberal party , and was elected President of the Cortes , at the same time he re - entered the army ( 1834 ) with the rank of Field Marshal . In 1836 he became Minister for Foreign Affairs , under his friend Espartero , the ...
... ranks of the liberal party , and was elected President of the Cortes , at the same time he re - entered the army ( 1834 ) with the rank of Field Marshal . In 1836 he became Minister for Foreign Affairs , under his friend Espartero , the ...
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... rank of Rear - Admiral in 1857. He is a member of several foreign societies , and has received for his geographical dis- coveries the gold medals of the Geogra- phical Societies of Paris and London . " Creative Imagination , " which was ...
... rank of Rear - Admiral in 1857. He is a member of several foreign societies , and has received for his geographical dis- coveries the gold medals of the Geogra- phical Societies of Paris and London . " Creative Imagination , " which was ...
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