The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 149A. Constable, 1879 |
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... already appropriated . The scant supply of water , indeed , limits the extent of the mining opera- tions . A wet or dry year largely affects the produce of gold ; but the quantity of gold as yet untouched , and for the present ...
... already appropriated . The scant supply of water , indeed , limits the extent of the mining opera- tions . A wet or dry year largely affects the produce of gold ; but the quantity of gold as yet untouched , and for the present ...
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... already , at that very time , the expansion of international trade and investment of capital in foreign countries was doing its work . Ten years had passed since the discovery of the Ca- lifornian mines , and fully 220 millions sterling ...
... already , at that very time , the expansion of international trade and investment of capital in foreign countries was doing its work . Ten years had passed since the discovery of the Ca- lifornian mines , and fully 220 millions sterling ...
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... already said , the annual supply of silver , relatively to that of gold , was as 3 to 1 ; between 1810 and 1830 it fell to little more than as 2 to 1 ; but in 1848 the supply of the two metals , according to our estimate , had become ...
... already said , the annual supply of silver , relatively to that of gold , was as 3 to 1 ; between 1810 and 1830 it fell to little more than as 2 to 1 ; but in 1848 the supply of the two metals , according to our estimate , had become ...
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... already publicly disgraced by appearing as a prisoner in court at the in- stance of the public prosecutor . But he was enormously wealthy , and had therefore no difficulty in obtaining the hand of one of the noblest ladies in Rome ...
... already publicly disgraced by appearing as a prisoner in court at the in- stance of the public prosecutor . But he was enormously wealthy , and had therefore no difficulty in obtaining the hand of one of the noblest ladies in Rome ...
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... already dined ) , he began beating me with a great stick ; and having broken one over my back , he took another and gave me many blows in different parts of my per- son in the presence of the said Catherine and of the cook . And while ...
... already dined ) , he began beating me with a great stick ; and having broken one over my back , he took another and gave me many blows in different parts of my per- son in the presence of the said Catherine and of the cook . And while ...
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Página 530 - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be ; and that which is done is that which shall be done : and there is no new thing under the sun.
Página 472 - I should like to have been able to see their faces, and to hear their observations to each other, at the time. This occurrence at home will, one would hope, teach the loyal a little caution in speaking of the means which Napoleon employs (or rather, which they say he employs) in order to get together and to discipline his conscripts.
Página 534 - Cox (GV)— RECOLLECTIONS OF OXFORD. By G. V. Cox, MA, New College, late Esquire Bedel and Coroner in the University of Oxford. Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo.
Página 190 - I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.
Página 1 - Mellon, in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury for the fiscal year ended June 30...
Página 460 - Tub,' which I carried about with me wherever I went ; and when I, at about twenty years old, lost it in a box that fell overboard in the Bay of Fundy, in North America, the loss gave me greater pain than I have ever felt at losing thousands of pounds.
Página 504 - Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
Página 474 - Cobbett was at the height of his political reputation ; but of politics we heard little, and should, I think, have heard nothing, but for an occasional red-hot patriot, who would introduce the subject, which our host would fain put aside, and got rid of as speedily as possible.
Página 106 - THE EXPEDITION FOR THE SURVEY OF THE RIVERS EUPHRATES and TIGRIS, carried on by order of the British Government, in the Years 1835, 1836, and 1837.