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It was a strange decision from more than one point of view , for the weather had now become worse , so that it was with considerable difficulty and alarmingly late in the afternoon that they finally succeeded in reaching the summit .
It was a strange decision from more than one point of view , for the weather had now become worse , so that it was with considerable difficulty and alarmingly late in the afternoon that they finally succeeded in reaching the summit .
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The great mistake made by Governments , not only in this country but everywhere , is to be too late in the measures which they adopt . ' And there was more in that than any thought of justification for his characteristic precipitancies ...
The great mistake made by Governments , not only in this country but everywhere , is to be too late in the measures which they adopt . ' And there was more in that than any thought of justification for his characteristic precipitancies ...
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The stern fact that a picturesque aspect of the City of London and its precincts may be at variance with former observations is apparent from the perusal of a manuscript directory of the late eighteenth century .
The stern fact that a picturesque aspect of the City of London and its precincts may be at variance with former observations is apparent from the perusal of a manuscript directory of the late eighteenth century .
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 267, Issue 529 |
| 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, 1936 |
| Original from | University of Florida |
| Digitized | 20 Apr 2022 |
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