The Quarterly Review, Volumes 250-251William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1928 |
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... means of enlightenment has been vouchsafed to us by the British press . Well into December last , for instance , it was impossible to ascer- tain from any cabled messages what was the actual cause of an important ' strike ' which had ...
... means of enlightenment has been vouchsafed to us by the British press . Well into December last , for instance , it was impossible to ascer- tain from any cabled messages what was the actual cause of an important ' strike ' which had ...
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... means so little that some of its users would agree with Lord Apsley and others with Mr A. J. Cook . ' Nationalist ' means nothing at all , but is a reminder that its users claim descent from the National coalition of war days . θ d . al ...
... means so little that some of its users would agree with Lord Apsley and others with Mr A. J. Cook . ' Nationalist ' means nothing at all , but is a reminder that its users claim descent from the National coalition of war days . θ d . al ...
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... means of intercommunication and carriage facilitating distribution . These and other causes have combined to provide ... Mean streets now breed many a lass with the delicate air . This is to the good ; though often it is to be feared ...
... means of intercommunication and carriage facilitating distribution . These and other causes have combined to provide ... Mean streets now breed many a lass with the delicate air . This is to the good ; though often it is to be feared ...
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... means to maintain them , preserved a dignity which even the grand seigneur of the time of Louis XIII could not have outdone . They had character and style ; to adopt the modern phrase , they could do things with a gesture . Noblesse ...
... means to maintain them , preserved a dignity which even the grand seigneur of the time of Louis XIII could not have outdone . They had character and style ; to adopt the modern phrase , they could do things with a gesture . Noblesse ...
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... means You ! ' of similar injunctions in America . The almighty dollar is a poor promoter of manners . But why have we that recent improvement , for recent it is , coming well after the overturn of the War had brought chaos ? Partly ...
... means You ! ' of similar injunctions in America . The almighty dollar is a poor promoter of manners . But why have we that recent improvement , for recent it is , coming well after the overturn of the War had brought chaos ? Partly ...
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