The Quarterly Review, Volume 232William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1919 |
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... tion , as will happen sometimes with the best regulated enquiries , got a little out of bounds . The result was a series of suits and a general explosion of indignation . From the evidence collected under oath in the enquiry , the ...
... tion , as will happen sometimes with the best regulated enquiries , got a little out of bounds . The result was a series of suits and a general explosion of indignation . From the evidence collected under oath in the enquiry , the ...
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... tion was being done . The " new - thing sheets " were kept for the purpose of keeping track of all new colours that were bought by the various customers , also any change in the price of the goods they had been buying . These sheets ...
... tion was being done . The " new - thing sheets " were kept for the purpose of keeping track of all new colours that were bought by the various customers , also any change in the price of the goods they had been buying . These sheets ...
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... tion , and deliberately refrained from dealing with Clive's later and more important achievements . Malcolm's biography is well - intentioned but confused . The writ- ings of Malleson , Wilson , and Arbuthnot are second- hand ...
... tion , and deliberately refrained from dealing with Clive's later and more important achievements . Malcolm's biography is well - intentioned but confused . The writ- ings of Malleson , Wilson , and Arbuthnot are second- hand ...
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... tion designed to replace French by English influence had been on the verge of despatch , being only stopped by the news from Bengal . Bussy had been reinforced , had successfully resisted the attacks made upon him , and had finally ...
... tion designed to replace French by English influence had been on the verge of despatch , being only stopped by the news from Bengal . Bussy had been reinforced , had successfully resisted the attacks made upon him , and had finally ...
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... tion , extraordinary dexterity , to oppose the intrigues which were always being hatched at the durbar by the party of discontented Muhammadans headed by Miran , the Nawab's son , who lost no occasion to incite his father against ...
... tion , extraordinary dexterity , to oppose the intrigues which were always being hatched at the durbar by the party of discontented Muhammadans headed by Miran , the Nawab's son , who lost no occasion to incite his father against ...
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