The Quarterly Review, Volume 35William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, John Murray, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1827 - English literature |
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... consequence . ' At all events , the state- ment ought immediately to be refuted , if not correct ; or ex- plained , if it be so . A direct answer from Mr. Morgan to a simple question , which , we think , he is bound to give , would ...
... consequence . ' At all events , the state- ment ought immediately to be refuted , if not correct ; or ex- plained , if it be so . A direct answer from Mr. Morgan to a simple question , which , we think , he is bound to give , would ...
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... consequences the encouragement thus given may sub- ject the families of the assured . A clergyman , in order to provide at his death for a numerous family , succeeded , by great economy , in saving from his income suffi- cient to assure ...
... consequences the encouragement thus given may sub- ject the families of the assured . A clergyman , in order to provide at his death for a numerous family , succeeded , by great economy , in saving from his income suffi- cient to assure ...
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... consequences of a total transfer of the government to the king's ministers , Sir John says , that— ' the first inevitable change on such an event would be in the dif- ferent view taken of the Indian empire , by the authority under which ...
... consequences of a total transfer of the government to the king's ministers , Sir John says , that— ' the first inevitable change on such an event would be in the dif- ferent view taken of the Indian empire , by the authority under which ...
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... consequence of the governing authority being vested directly in his majesty's ministers would be the postponement of the Indian empire to the minor considerations of parliamentary tactics and momentary convenience . We cannot believe ...
... consequence of the governing authority being vested directly in his majesty's ministers would be the postponement of the Indian empire to the minor considerations of parliamentary tactics and momentary convenience . We cannot believe ...
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... consequence of the present arrangement : - A gentleman who may have held the highest office in India , that of member of the Supreme Council in Bengal , who may have reached that distinguished situation after a series of years passed in ...
... consequence of the present arrangement : - A gentleman who may have held the highest office in India , that of member of the Supreme Council in Bengal , who may have reached that distinguished situation after a series of years passed in ...
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