Beacon Lights of History: New hall of fame. Premier personalitiesWm. H. Wise, 1924 |
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... things of life , the broad chest and easily squared shoulders of a man perfectly at ease before men , the taut neck and well modelled chin of one given to decision , the clean , firm , but expressively mobile mouth beneath its white ...
... things of life , the broad chest and easily squared shoulders of a man perfectly at ease before men , the taut neck and well modelled chin of one given to decision , the clean , firm , but expressively mobile mouth beneath its white ...
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... things have generally been brought about without bloodshed . But the explorers , colonizers and mer- chants , the " nabobs , " took over much of the prestige of the feudal aristocracy between the fifteenth and the nineteenth century and ...
... things have generally been brought about without bloodshed . But the explorers , colonizers and mer- chants , the " nabobs , " took over much of the prestige of the feudal aristocracy between the fifteenth and the nineteenth century and ...
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... things were in the great mansions of town and the stately homes amidst the hunting country ! — on behalf of all that was drab and drudging and miserable and how drab and drudging and miserable were the industrial slums of London's East ...
... things were in the great mansions of town and the stately homes amidst the hunting country ! — on behalf of all that was drab and drudging and miserable and how drab and drudging and miserable were the industrial slums of London's East ...
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... things about his amiable friends . But Lloyd George won his fight . When he was through the burden of British taxation had been shifted to unproductive , inherited and ultraprofitable property and the great body of employees , small ...
... things about his amiable friends . But Lloyd George won his fight . When he was through the burden of British taxation had been shifted to unproductive , inherited and ultraprofitable property and the great body of employees , small ...
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... things that Britain turned in the dark days of 1916 when it became apparent that the burden of years and the eloying of tradition had dulled the brilliant mind , slowed the deft hand and muffled the weighty voice that once was Asquith ...
... things that Britain turned in the dark days of 1916 when it became apparent that the burden of years and the eloying of tradition had dulled the brilliant mind , slowed the deft hand and muffled the weighty voice that once was Asquith ...
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