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... island itself produces no qualified explorers . Smuggling pursues its course unchecked ; and the only persons who can derive nothing from the island are the subjects of the protecting Power . Not so very long ago certain valuable ...
... island itself produces no qualified explorers . Smuggling pursues its course unchecked ; and the only persons who can derive nothing from the island are the subjects of the protecting Power . Not so very long ago certain valuable ...
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... island , but to a group of islands . Captain Gulliver sails from island to island as Lucian's heroes do in his True History , or as Pantagruel and his companions do in Rabelais . It consists of four different stories loosely held ...
... island , but to a group of islands . Captain Gulliver sails from island to island as Lucian's heroes do in his True History , or as Pantagruel and his companions do in Rabelais . It consists of four different stories loosely held ...
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... islands of Laputa and Balnibarbi . The Flying or Floating Island represented England . The application of that title to England was suggested by Sir William Temple . In his Memoirs , speaking of England's foreign policy during Charles ...
... islands of Laputa and Balnibarbi . The Flying or Floating Island represented England . The application of that title to England was suggested by Sir William Temple . In his Memoirs , speaking of England's foreign policy during Charles ...
Contents
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191819 | 19 |
RALEIGH LECTURE ON HISTORY 1920 THE BRITISH SOLDIER | 29 |
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191920 | 31 |
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