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... death of Queen Victoria on 22 Jan. 1901 rendered a slight modification of the plan inevitable . The Queen's death closed an important epoch in British history , and was from a national point of view a better defined historic landmark ...
... death of Queen Victoria on 22 Jan. 1901 rendered a slight modification of the plan inevitable . The Queen's death closed an important epoch in British history , and was from a national point of view a better defined historic landmark ...
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... death ( 6 April 1901 ) . In accordance with a generally expressed wish the Editor has prefixed a memoir of Mr. Smith to the first volume of the Supplement ; but , in order to observe faithfully the chronological limit which was fixed in ...
... death ( 6 April 1901 ) . In accordance with a generally expressed wish the Editor has prefixed a memoir of Mr. Smith to the first volume of the Supplement ; but , in order to observe faithfully the chronological limit which was fixed in ...
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... death on 23 Dec. 1863. His final Roundabout Paper ' - ' Strange to say on Club Paper ' -appeared in the magazine for the preceding Novem- ber , and he had nearly completed his novel , ' Denis Duval , ' which was to form the chief serial ...
... death on 23 Dec. 1863. His final Roundabout Paper ' - ' Strange to say on Club Paper ' -appeared in the magazine for the preceding Novem- ber , and he had nearly completed his novel , ' Denis Duval , ' which was to form the chief serial ...
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... death he invited Charles Dickens to supply for the February number of 1864 an article ' In Memoriam . ' Dickens promptly acceded , and declined to accept payment for his article . It was to Smith personally that George Eliot presented ...
... death he invited Charles Dickens to supply for the February number of 1864 an article ' In Memoriam . ' Dickens promptly acceded , and declined to accept payment for his article . It was to Smith personally that George Eliot presented ...
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... death . Smith was a lifelong admirer of Sir Theodore Martin's wife , Helen Faucit , the distinguished actress , whose portrait he had published in his second publication ( of 1844 ) , Mrs. Wilson's ' Our Actresses . ' He already knew ...
... death . Smith was a lifelong admirer of Sir Theodore Martin's wife , Helen Faucit , the distinguished actress , whose portrait he had published in his second publication ( of 1844 ) , Mrs. Wilson's ' Our Actresses . ' He already knew ...
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