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... means hope to communicate to others my conviction that his writings deserved the wide and immediate fame which they failed to secure , or that in conducting the business of a little provincial Parliament , he displayed abilities not ...
... means hope to communicate to others my conviction that his writings deserved the wide and immediate fame which they failed to secure , or that in conducting the business of a little provincial Parliament , he displayed abilities not ...
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... means of forming an opinion , in recognizing a peculiar beauty and refinement , which characterized his entire nature and bearing . It will , I hope , not be a violation of confi- dence , to quote Mr. Tennyson's frequent remark , that ...
... means of forming an opinion , in recognizing a peculiar beauty and refinement , which characterized his entire nature and bearing . It will , I hope , not be a violation of confi- dence , to quote Mr. Tennyson's frequent remark , that ...
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... means of keeping it at a distance of making Affghanistan , in the words of the Edinburgh re- " viewer , a barrier . Through all the changes and " chances of negotiation and intrigue , this haunted 66 66 them , until it became a fixed ...
... means of keeping it at a distance of making Affghanistan , in the words of the Edinburgh re- " viewer , a barrier . Through all the changes and " chances of negotiation and intrigue , this haunted 66 66 them , until it became a fixed ...
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... means this object should be effected . " If Dost Mahommed would not become our sub- " servient ally , and Shah Soojah would , so much the " better for the latter . So strongly had this view , " to all appearance , taken hold of the ...
... means this object should be effected . " If Dost Mahommed would not become our sub- " servient ally , and Shah Soojah would , so much the " better for the latter . So strongly had this view , " to all appearance , taken hold of the ...
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... mean that the increase of resistance in a curve " is as the width of the gauges , we beg to observe " that while Mr. X. has no doubt the increase is " almost directly as the width , Mr. Z. , with equal ( 6 66 66 positiveness , estimates ...
... mean that the increase of resistance in a curve " is as the width of the gauges , we beg to observe " that while Mr. X. has no doubt the increase is " almost directly as the width , Mr. Z. , with equal ( 6 66 66 positiveness , estimates ...
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