John Cassell's illustrated history of England. The text, to the reign of Edward i by J.F. Smith; and from that period by W. Howitt, Volume 91865 |
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... allowed space for this expenditure to prove reproductive . Before the appointment of the council the net revenue of the duchy had sunk to £ 11,000 : when the commissioners , on the Prince of Wales attaining his majority , presented ...
... allowed space for this expenditure to prove reproductive . Before the appointment of the council the net revenue of the duchy had sunk to £ 11,000 : when the commissioners , on the Prince of Wales attaining his majority , presented ...
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... allowed his enemy to march on unchecked , until a considerable part of his troops was well entangled in the swamps of this treach- erous valley , and then commenced a series of vigorous and well - planned attacks . The first collision ...
... allowed his enemy to march on unchecked , until a considerable part of his troops was well entangled in the swamps of this treach- erous valley , and then commenced a series of vigorous and well - planned attacks . The first collision ...
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... allowed to obtrude itself at a time and place when no considerations except those of æsthetic grandeur and beauty should have been entertained for a moment . The procession of the Queen's Commissioners for opening the Exhibition was ...
... allowed to obtrude itself at a time and place when no considerations except those of æsthetic grandeur and beauty should have been entertained for a moment . The procession of the Queen's Commissioners for opening the Exhibition was ...
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... allowed to pass unchallenged . One such consisted in levying a license duty on clubs , on the ground that , as wine and spirituous liquors were sold in them to the members , they ought not to be exempted from the burden which every ...
... allowed to pass unchallenged . One such consisted in levying a license duty on clubs , on the ground that , as wine and spirituous liquors were sold in them to the members , they ought not to be exempted from the burden which every ...
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... allowed , to compel individual Britons to observe that neutrality which was the unalterable choice of the nation . In June , a civic entertainment of unusual splendour was given in the Guildhall , on the occasion of the Prince of Wales ...
... allowed , to compel individual Britons to observe that neutrality which was the unalterable choice of the nation . In June , a civic entertainment of unusual splendour was given in the Guildhall , on the occasion of the Prince of Wales ...
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