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In North America , it doubtless existed in the seventeenth century , for not all the
early emigrants were as respectable as the Pilgrim Fathers , yet our earliest
unimpeachable record for the United States is valid for only so early as 1794 ,
after ...
In North America , it doubtless existed in the seventeenth century , for not all the
early emigrants were as respectable as the Pilgrim Fathers , yet our earliest
unimpeachable record for the United States is valid for only so early as 1794 ,
after ...
Page 186
... surprisingly early and not solely American ; to go west , even more
astonishingly early ; tanner ; stir , not only American ; hobo , entirely American ;
phoney , less American than you might suppose ; and spiv , almost offensively
English .
... surprisingly early and not solely American ; to go west , even more
astonishingly early ; tanner ; stir , not only American ; hobo , entirely American ;
phoney , less American than you might suppose ; and spiv , almost offensively
English .
Page 228
In explanation of this early reference to one line , I should put in plea my own
early interest in railways , which was begun on that line in the ' nineties , even
before the first publication of ' The Railway Magazine ' in 1897 . The cover then ...
In explanation of this early reference to one line , I should put in plea my own
early interest in railways , which was begun on that line in the ' nineties , even
before the first publication of ' The Railway Magazine ' in 1897 . The cover then ...
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The Course of Conservative Politics | 1 |
The South African Indians and U N | 2 |
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