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... Court in Glasgow increased so much , that I was sufficiently occupied to preclude the commencement of any considerable literary undertaking . Not only the number but the weight of the cases rapidly aug- mented , and from five to six ...
... Court in Glasgow increased so much , that I was sufficiently occupied to preclude the commencement of any considerable literary undertaking . Not only the number but the weight of the cases rapidly aug- mented , and from five to six ...
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... Court had greatly abated in weight of late years : instead of absorbing fifty or sixty days , it could now be concluded in fifteen or twenty , owing to the cessa- tion of any contest in Glasgow ; and this relief fully compensated for my ...
... Court had greatly abated in weight of late years : instead of absorbing fifty or sixty days , it could now be concluded in fifteen or twenty , owing to the cessa- tion of any contest in Glasgow ; and this relief fully compensated for my ...
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... Court . As " Madame l'Ambassadrice , " she soon took a lead in that gay metropolis , which she continued to hold till he resigned on Mr Canning's appointment to the Foreign Office in 1823. After that event she returned with her husband ...
... Court . As " Madame l'Ambassadrice , " she soon took a lead in that gay metropolis , which she continued to hold till he resigned on Mr Canning's appointment to the Foreign Office in 1823. After that event she returned with her husband ...
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... Court were at the windows of St James's Palace . The coffin was borne aloft on a gigantic car , over- shadowed by lofty sable plumes . On the top of the coffin were the uniform , hat , and sword of the deceased ; behind it followed his ...
... Court were at the windows of St James's Palace . The coffin was borne aloft on a gigantic car , over- shadowed by lofty sable plumes . On the top of the coffin were the uniform , hat , and sword of the deceased ; behind it followed his ...
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... Court of Great Britain . There was no house in London at that time which presented more agreeable society , both in the great assemblies in the superb saloons of the Prussian Embassy , and at the dinner and breakfast parties , where ...
... Court of Great Britain . There was no house in London at that time which presented more agreeable society , both in the great assemblies in the superb saloons of the Prussian Embassy , and at the dinner and breakfast parties , where ...
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