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... England , " and Southey's " Lives of the Admirals ; " the " Lives of English Poets , " two vols . , in " Lard- ner's Cyclopædia ; " of the " Memorials of the Civil War , " two vols .; " A Life of George Canning ; " and " Wayside ...
... England , " and Southey's " Lives of the Admirals ; " the " Lives of English Poets , " two vols . , in " Lard- ner's Cyclopædia ; " of the " Memorials of the Civil War , " two vols .; " A Life of George Canning ; " and " Wayside ...
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... England , and in estimation in which his literary qualifi- 1846 went to America and visited the cations are held . M. Biot is a Com- United States , Mexico , and California . mander of the Legion of Honour . In 1853 she left America for ...
... England , and in estimation in which his literary qualifi- 1846 went to America and visited the cations are held . M. Biot is a Com- United States , Mexico , and California . mander of the Legion of Honour . In 1853 she left America for ...
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... England — a step law by which the Bourbons , both of which saved the Government from some the elder and the younger branches , difficulty if not danger , and for good doomed the family of the Bonapartes to reason , no effort was made to ...
... England — a step law by which the Bourbons , both of which saved the Government from some the elder and the younger branches , difficulty if not danger , and for good doomed the family of the Bonapartes to reason , no effort was made to ...
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... England . He naval service . When hostilities broke passed his childhood in Rome , and his out between France and England , in youth in Florence . 1803 , Jérome cruised off the West India 1854. Though travelling under every Islands ...
... England . He naval service . When hostilities broke passed his childhood in Rome , and his out between France and England , in youth in Florence . 1803 , Jérome cruised off the West India 1854. Though travelling under every Islands ...
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... England and the Continent . BOTFIELD , BERIAH , an English author and man of science , M. P. , F. R. S. , F. S. A. , is son of the late Beriah Bot- field , Esq . , of Norton Hall , Northamp- tonshire . He was born at Earl's Ditton ...
... England and the Continent . BOTFIELD , BERIAH , an English author and man of science , M. P. , F. R. S. , F. S. A. , is son of the late Beriah Bot- field , Esq . , of Norton Hall , Northamp- tonshire . He was born at Earl's Ditton ...
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