Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century: Wellington, Canning, Stephenson, Russell, Cobden, Peel, Shaftesbury, Palmerston, Gladstone, Disraeli |
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... present better opportunities for interesting and effective treatment than an historical narrative , which must have been encumbered by a mass of detail not capable of effective disposition within the limited space at our com- mand . An ...
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... argue with those who would present other candidates for the honor of inclusion in the list . PLAINFIELD , N. J. , June 4 , 1902 . JAMES RICHARD JOY . TEN ENGLISHMEN OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY I INTRODUCTION ENGLAND IN viii Preface.
... argue with those who would present other candidates for the honor of inclusion in the list . PLAINFIELD , N. J. , June 4 , 1902 . JAMES RICHARD JOY . TEN ENGLISHMEN OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY I INTRODUCTION ENGLAND IN viii Preface.
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... present ties are to dissolve or snap asunder and girdle the globe with independent states like the American republic , where each may be free to develop under its peculiar conditions the genius of the Anglo - Saxon race . QUESTIONS FOR ...
... present ties are to dissolve or snap asunder and girdle the globe with independent states like the American republic , where each may be free to develop under its peculiar conditions the genius of the Anglo - Saxon race . QUESTIONS FOR ...
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... present moment . " Yet within a twelvemonth after this utterance , apparently sincere , France and England were plunged into a war which lasted , with but one brief intermission , until 1815. It embroiled in succession nearly every ...
... present moment . " Yet within a twelvemonth after this utterance , apparently sincere , France and England were plunged into a war which lasted , with but one brief intermission , until 1815. It embroiled in succession nearly every ...
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... present the fine estate of Strathfieldsaye to him and his heirs on condition of pre- senting a French tri - color flag to the sovereign at Windsor on each anniversary of the 18th of June . Wellington was above all a soldier , but for ...
... present the fine estate of Strathfieldsaye to him and his heirs on condition of pre- senting a French tri - color flag to the sovereign at Windsor on each anniversary of the 18th of June . Wellington was above all a soldier , but for ...
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