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Mr. Hodgkin appears to think that in this direction lies the main danger which threatens the British Empire . C ' Of all the forces , ' he says , which were at work for the destruc- tion of the prosperity of the Roman world , none is ...
Mr. Hodgkin appears to think that in this direction lies the main danger which threatens the British Empire . C ' Of all the forces , ' he says , which were at work for the destruc- tion of the prosperity of the Roman world , none is ...
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Towards 1682 , when first the Court came to dwell in the unfinished marvel of its palace , Versailles was a new quarter , like that vast suburb of recent Rome which appears a desert beside the ruins of antiquity .
Towards 1682 , when first the Court came to dwell in the unfinished marvel of its palace , Versailles was a new quarter , like that vast suburb of recent Rome which appears a desert beside the ruins of antiquity .
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Again the black nose appears ; a fly is sucked down . The brain judges the distance to an inch and simultaneously instructs the hand and eye . A pre- liminary cast is made across the stream , another wave of the rod and the tiny fly ...
Again the black nose appears ; a fly is sucked down . The brain judges the distance to an inch and simultaneously instructs the hand and eye . A pre- liminary cast is made across the stream , another wave of the rod and the tiny fly ...
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This volume published 1908, not 1808 as listed.
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THE GOVERNMENT OF SUBJECT RACES | 1 |
Dent | 28 |
Adam and Charles Black | 105 |
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