Essays, Historical and Biographical, Political and Social, Literary and ScientificWilliam P. Nimmo, 1870 - 495 pages |
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... readers will bear us out . Some of the most skilful mechanics of the party , and some , too , of the most intelligent , were among the most dissipated . One of the number , a powerful - minded man , full of information , was a great reader ...
... readers will bear us out . Some of the most skilful mechanics of the party , and some , too , of the most intelligent , were among the most dissipated . One of the number , a powerful - minded man , full of information , was a great reader ...
Page 248
... readers can have any adequate conception of the immense mass of criminality created yearly in the empire by this singularly deteriorating process . In the year 1843 there were in Eng- land and Wales alone no fewer than four thousand ...
... readers can have any adequate conception of the immense mass of criminality created yearly in the empire by this singularly deteriorating process . In the year 1843 there were in Eng- land and Wales alone no fewer than four thousand ...
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... readers . We know not a finer example than that which it furnishes , of the " pursuit of knowledge under difficulties , " nor of a devout and honest man engross- ingly engaged in an important work , in which he was at length to affect ...
... readers . We know not a finer example than that which it furnishes , of the " pursuit of knowledge under difficulties , " nor of a devout and honest man engross- ingly engaged in an important work , in which he was at length to affect ...
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HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL | 1 |
THE INFANT PRINCE | 18 |
JEAN DACRE | 25 |
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