Calcutta Review, Volume 29University of Calcutta., 1857 |
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... England , from the fall of Wolsey to the death of Elizabeth . By J. A. Froude . London , 1856 . 121 ib . 157 207 ib . MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES . 1. Selections from the Records of the Bengal Government , No. XXV . , Report on the Teak ...
... England , from the fall of Wolsey to the death of Elizabeth . By J. A. Froude . London , 1856 . 121 ib . 157 207 ib . MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES . 1. Selections from the Records of the Bengal Government , No. XXV . , Report on the Teak ...
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... England , Melbourne , Sydney , & c . , & c . By George Francis Train , of Boston . With an Introduction by Freeman Hunt , A. M. , Editor of " Merchants ' Magazine , " & c . London and New York , 1857 . 7. Episodes in the War - life of a ...
... England , Melbourne , Sydney , & c . , & c . By George Francis Train , of Boston . With an Introduction by Freeman Hunt , A. M. , Editor of " Merchants ' Magazine , " & c . London and New York , 1857 . 7. Episodes in the War - life of a ...
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... England a man of loftier genius or nobler nature than that defamed , blind old man . But from the time when party spirit sufficiently subsided to allow men to judge impar- tially the works of their predecessors , there has been but one ...
... England a man of loftier genius or nobler nature than that defamed , blind old man . But from the time when party spirit sufficiently subsided to allow men to judge impar- tially the works of their predecessors , there has been but one ...
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... England , amidst the luxury and refinement which wealth can there purchase in such perfection as can be exhibited in no other land ; the second of the " Lady Ermengarde , " who moves like an angel amidst the sick and wounded , pining in ...
... England , amidst the luxury and refinement which wealth can there purchase in such perfection as can be exhibited in no other land ; the second of the " Lady Ermengarde , " who moves like an angel amidst the sick and wounded , pining in ...
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... England , we should have been tempted to apply the ordinarily accepted rules to these cases , and to have said with all confidence in our western judgment , that the misdemeanors might be amply recompensed , and offend- ed society ...
... England , we should have been tempted to apply the ordinarily accepted rules to these cases , and to have said with all confidence in our western judgment , that the misdemeanors might be amply recompensed , and offend- ed society ...
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