The Quarterly Review, Volume 220William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1914 |
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... modern legislation , which has provided means for terminating in certain cases the status of a British subject . The Committee thought that the procedure might be improved . But they did not recommend any extension of the principle ...
... modern legislation , which has provided means for terminating in certain cases the status of a British subject . The Committee thought that the procedure might be improved . But they did not recommend any extension of the principle ...
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... modern , and remarkably liberal compared with the condition of affairs which preceded it . Prior to 1844 an alien could only acquire any of the rights of a British subject in one of two ways . He might get a special act of parliament ...
... modern , and remarkably liberal compared with the condition of affairs which preceded it . Prior to 1844 an alien could only acquire any of the rights of a British subject in one of two ways . He might get a special act of parliament ...
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... modern tendency of social legislation in Britain , illustrated by the old age pensions law and the insurance law , to which Mr Churchill specifically referred . The pecuniary benefits conferred by this class of legisla- tion are ...
... modern tendency of social legislation in Britain , illustrated by the old age pensions law and the insurance law , to which Mr Churchill specifically referred . The pecuniary benefits conferred by this class of legisla- tion are ...
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... modern criticism has reached a distinct and high conception of the genius of Francis Beaumont , and discovers in him a mind of more serious- ness and weight than his colleague's . It is possible to press too relentlessly the valuable ...
... modern criticism has reached a distinct and high conception of the genius of Francis Beaumont , and discovers in him a mind of more serious- ness and weight than his colleague's . It is possible to press too relentlessly the valuable ...
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... modern critics dealing with a personage of ancient history , show how vividly his figure stands out from the canvas . There are very few historical characters who are alive enough to be hated . 6 It is , however , only in our own day ...
... modern critics dealing with a personage of ancient history , show how vividly his figure stands out from the canvas . There are very few historical characters who are alive enough to be hated . 6 It is , however , only in our own day ...
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