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... exhibited a decline of above a million and a half of persons in Ireland alone since 1841 ; and there could be no doubt that over the whole empire between 1845 and 1851 there had , so far from an increase , been a terrible diminution of ...
... exhibited a decline of above a million and a half of persons in Ireland alone since 1841 ; and there could be no doubt that over the whole empire between 1845 and 1851 there had , so far from an increase , been a terrible diminution of ...
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... exhibiting the spirit in action which their predecessors , drawn from the gentry of the country , showed . The character of our officers is visibly changing from the effects of the competitive system ; and it may with confidence be ...
... exhibiting the spirit in action which their predecessors , drawn from the gentry of the country , showed . The character of our officers is visibly changing from the effects of the competitive system ; and it may with confidence be ...
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... a spirit which has been exhibited in every age in France in the undying thirst for military glory , and in Ireland and the West Highlands in the prodigious flood of emi- gration which has transferred so large a part of the.
... a spirit which has been exhibited in every age in France in the undying thirst for military glory , and in Ireland and the West Highlands in the prodigious flood of emi- gration which has transferred so large a part of the.
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... exhibited the slightest symptoms of excitement dur- ing all the heavy fire to which he was exposed . When the French were sorely pressed in the Mala- koff , their General sent to General Simpson request- ing the aid of a division of ...
... exhibited the slightest symptoms of excitement dur- ing all the heavy fire to which he was exposed . When the French were sorely pressed in the Mala- koff , their General sent to General Simpson request- ing the aid of a division of ...
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... greater contrast than they both exhibited to what had been presented the winter before . In effect they appeared to have changed places . As much as the position , resources , and provisions of the British army were improved.
... greater contrast than they both exhibited to what had been presented the winter before . In effect they appeared to have changed places . As much as the position , resources , and provisions of the British army were improved.
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Some Account of My Life and Writings: An Autobiography, Volume 2 Archibald Alison Visualização integral - 1883 |
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