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Mr Leaf sketches an imaginary picture of the annual summer fair , after which • Priam and his retainers sat down to feast through the winter months on the toll they had taken ' from the traders who had gathered under their walls .
Mr Leaf sketches an imaginary picture of the annual summer fair , after which • Priam and his retainers sat down to feast through the winter months on the toll they had taken ' from the traders who had gathered under their walls .
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The only reason , I was told , why Germany has hitherto taken three years to build its large ships , is because the costs have been distributed over that period , while in England they are distributed over only two .
The only reason , I was told , why Germany has hitherto taken three years to build its large ships , is because the costs have been distributed over that period , while in England they are distributed over only two .
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During the first part of the 17th century English opinion was mainly dominated by the religious sympathies of the nation ; at its close , commercial motives were taking their place , or rather had taken it .
During the first part of the 17th century English opinion was mainly dominated by the religious sympathies of the nation ; at its close , commercial motives were taking their place , or rather had taken it .
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 226 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1916 |
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