Calcutta Review, Volume 9University of Calcutta, 1848 |
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Page 15
... considerable : embankments were raised and deep ditches dug on both sides where necessary , and the road itself generally , made some six or eight feet higher than the level of the surrounding country . But roads must not mere- ly be ...
... considerable : embankments were raised and deep ditches dug on both sides where necessary , and the road itself generally , made some six or eight feet higher than the level of the surrounding country . But roads must not mere- ly be ...
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... considerable distance , and with a proportionate increase of delay to both man and beast while , as if to give a practical commentary on Burke's famous dictum , the vacuum created by the fallen em- bankment is invariably the place where ...
... considerable distance , and with a proportionate increase of delay to both man and beast while , as if to give a practical commentary on Burke's famous dictum , the vacuum created by the fallen em- bankment is invariably the place where ...
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... the graces of elocution - his voice , his gestures , and his enunciation were all equally subjects to which he at first devoted considerable attention ; and although he cannot be said to 38 LORD WELLESLEY'S ADMINISTRATION .
... the graces of elocution - his voice , his gestures , and his enunciation were all equally subjects to which he at first devoted considerable attention ; and although he cannot be said to 38 LORD WELLESLEY'S ADMINISTRATION .
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considerable attention ; and although he cannot be said to have ever attained greatness as an orator , yet his parliamentary career gave abundant evidence of the solidity and strength of mind , as well as of the sound good sense and ...
considerable attention ; and although he cannot be said to have ever attained greatness as an orator , yet his parliamentary career gave abundant evidence of the solidity and strength of mind , as well as of the sound good sense and ...
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... considerable influence at the Court of Hyderabad , and who lost no opportunity of instilling into the minds of the Nizam and his officers " the probability of the French nation ac- quiring , at no distant period , decided ascendancy in ...
... considerable influence at the Court of Hyderabad , and who lost no opportunity of instilling into the minds of the Nizam and his officers " the probability of the French nation ac- quiring , at no distant period , decided ascendancy in ...
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