The Metropolitan, Volume 10James Cochrane, 1834 |
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... months by this strike , which , one of the witnesses of the working classes , who was examined by the Factory Commission declares , has entailed evils on the Manchester operatives , which it will be long before they recover . Many of ...
... months by this strike , which , one of the witnesses of the working classes , who was examined by the Factory Commission declares , has entailed evils on the Manchester operatives , which it will be long before they recover . Many of ...
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... months after my arrival in Dublin , I went out for this purpose , taking with me some money , with the intention of purchasing a work which I ardently desired to possess . It was seldom , indeed , that I could permit myself such an ...
... months after my arrival in Dublin , I went out for this purpose , taking with me some money , with the intention of purchasing a work which I ardently desired to possess . It was seldom , indeed , that I could permit myself such an ...
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... months ago this long expected parent came to remove me from school . She had , she said , withdrawn from the stage , and intending to reside privately in the neighbourhood of Dublin , wished naturally for the society of her daughter . I ...
... months ago this long expected parent came to remove me from school . She had , she said , withdrawn from the stage , and intending to reside privately in the neighbourhood of Dublin , wished naturally for the society of her daughter . I ...
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... months ' incarceration in a prison , Mr. obtained his liberty on easy terms . His departure from Newgate was like the second flight of the dove from the ark , for he returned no more ; whereby all clue to his future movements or ...
... months ' incarceration in a prison , Mr. obtained his liberty on easy terms . His departure from Newgate was like the second flight of the dove from the ark , for he returned no more ; whereby all clue to his future movements or ...
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... months , I have never been able to learn ; but , what I consider to be equally for my honour , I am credibly in- formed , that at the age of twelve months , two weeks , and five days , I showed a strong bent towards an analytical ...
... months , I have never been able to learn ; but , what I consider to be equally for my honour , I am credibly in- formed , that at the age of twelve months , two weeks , and five days , I showed a strong bent towards an analytical ...
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