The Quarterly Review, Volumes 244-245William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1925 |
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... chance of laying the firm foundations of a wholly white com- munity in the new land . The South Africa of those days was inhabited mainly by small tribes of Hottentots and Bushmen which soon perished in contact with a white race . The ...
... chance of laying the firm foundations of a wholly white com- munity in the new land . The South Africa of those days was inhabited mainly by small tribes of Hottentots and Bushmen which soon perished in contact with a white race . The ...
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... chance of children so brought up reading Scott afterwards for sheer delight ? However , on such a subject , pauca verba . * ' Journal , ' Jan. 1 , 1827 . " † We have one such catalogue before us now , and we find , besides a complete ...
... chance of children so brought up reading Scott afterwards for sheer delight ? However , on such a subject , pauca verba . * ' Journal , ' Jan. 1 , 1827 . " † We have one such catalogue before us now , and we find , besides a complete ...
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... chance of success in its monstrous claim ? We venture to think that any lawyer who knew his business would , as soon as the County Court judge's findings were known , have answered the legal question as the House of Lords answered it ...
... chance of success in its monstrous claim ? We venture to think that any lawyer who knew his business would , as soon as the County Court judge's findings were known , have answered the legal question as the House of Lords answered it ...
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... chance , and betting on skill or knowledge . There is a wide difference between backing a horse which we think we have reason for believing to be superior to his com- petitors , and betting that a coin will turn up ' heads ' when it is ...
... chance , and betting on skill or knowledge . There is a wide difference between backing a horse which we think we have reason for believing to be superior to his com- petitors , and betting that a coin will turn up ' heads ' when it is ...
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... chance . Simple forms of betting on chance are to take a ticket in a lottery ( always supposing that it is honestly conducted ) , or to put a sovereign into a sweep on the Derby . No element of skill or knowledge can help us here . We ...
... chance . Simple forms of betting on chance are to take a ticket in a lottery ( always supposing that it is honestly conducted ) , or to put a sovereign into a sweep on the Derby . No element of skill or knowledge can help us here . We ...
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