The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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... England , instead of crumbling into so much rotten timber , would be converted into so many huge wooden spoons to feed the population . " It has been sweetly sung , as well as wisely said , by a genuine English writer , that ' Full many ...
... England , instead of crumbling into so much rotten timber , would be converted into so many huge wooden spoons to feed the population . " It has been sweetly sung , as well as wisely said , by a genuine English writer , that ' Full many ...
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... England have carried on their fishery . While we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice , penetrating into the deepest recesses of Hudson's Bay ; while we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle , we hear that they have ...
... England have carried on their fishery . While we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice , penetrating into the deepest recesses of Hudson's Bay ; while we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle , we hear that they have ...
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... England , a speedy fall in the price of grazing stock , though it might afflict Lord Althorp , would eventually harmonise the jarring interests of agriculture and manufacturing in- dustry . The superabundant population of the farming ...
... England , a speedy fall in the price of grazing stock , though it might afflict Lord Althorp , would eventually harmonise the jarring interests of agriculture and manufacturing in- dustry . The superabundant population of the farming ...
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... England ( and also of the London University ) , whom I am proud to call my friend ( though you have given him the sobriquet of Bridlegoose , with your accustomed want of deference for great names ) , to join him , when , many years ago ...
... England ( and also of the London University ) , whom I am proud to call my friend ( though you have given him the sobriquet of Bridlegoose , with your accustomed want of deference for great names ) , to join him , when , many years ago ...
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... England " will tell you the particulars ) , being , on his homeward voyage from Egypt , hotly pursued by the Algerines , swallowed the golden series of the Ptole- mies , who ever thought of blaming Mr. Dufour , as he had purchased in ...
... England " will tell you the particulars ) , being , on his homeward voyage from Egypt , hotly pursued by the Algerines , swallowed the golden series of the Ptole- mies , who ever thought of blaming Mr. Dufour , as he had purchased in ...
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