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... important fill gaps in colonial history to which recent events have directed attention . But it is the main purpose of the Supplement to deal with distin- guished persons who died at too late a date to be included in the original work ...
... important fill gaps in colonial history to which recent events have directed attention . But it is the main purpose of the Supplement to deal with distin- guished persons who died at too late a date to be included in the original work ...
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... important epoch in British history , and was from a national point of view a better defined historic landmark than the end of the century with which it almost synchronised . The scope of the Supplement was consequently extended so that ...
... important epoch in British history , and was from a national point of view a better defined historic landmark than the end of the century with which it almost synchronised . The scope of the Supplement was consequently extended so that ...
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... important work . The first volume appeared in large quarto in 1840. Four more volumes completed the undertaking by 1848 , the price of the whole being 81. 15s . Smith , Elder , & Co. were thus brought into personal relations with Darwin ...
... important work . The first volume appeared in large quarto in 1840. Four more volumes completed the undertaking by 1848 , the price of the whole being 81. 15s . Smith , Elder , & Co. were thus brought into personal relations with Darwin ...
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... important branch was established at Bombay , and other agencies were opened at Java and on the West Coast of Africa . There was no manner of merchandise for which Smith's clients could apply to him in vain . Scientific instruments for ...
... important branch was established at Bombay , and other agencies were opened at Java and on the West Coast of Africa . There was no manner of merchandise for which Smith's clients could apply to him in vain . Scientific instruments for ...
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... important work were issued at a guinea each in the course of the three years 1846-9 . In 1846 , too , Ruskin completed the second volume of his Modern Painters , ' of which an edition of 1,500 copies was issued ; and in 1849 Smith ...
... important work were issued at a guinea each in the course of the three years 1846-9 . In 1846 , too , Ruskin completed the second volume of his Modern Painters , ' of which an edition of 1,500 copies was issued ; and in 1849 Smith ...
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Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 2 Sir Leslie Stephen,Sir Sidney Lee No preview available - 1964 |
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