The Annual Register, Volume 114Edmund Burke Rivingtons, 1873 - Books Continuation of the reference work that originated with Robert Dodsley, written and published each year, which records and analyzes the year’s major events, developments and trends in Great Britain and throughout the world. From the 1920s volumes of The Annual Register took the essential shape in which they have continued ever since, opening with the history of Britain, then a section on foreign history covering each country or region in turn. Following these are the chronicle of events, brief retrospectives on the year’s cultural and economic developments, a short selection of documents, and obituaries of eminent persons who died in the year. |
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... appointed day all the proportions of a national festival , the most general and the most successful , probably , to be found in the annals of the country . The magnitude of the celebration grew as the day approached , and many of the ...
... appointed day all the proportions of a national festival , the most general and the most successful , probably , to be found in the annals of the country . The magnitude of the celebration grew as the day approached , and many of the ...
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... appointed seven o'clock in the morning to meet eighty tenants at a certain cross - road and come into Tralee with them to vote for Mr. Dease . He was there at the time named with a strong escort , but there were no tenants , and he had ...
... appointed seven o'clock in the morning to meet eighty tenants at a certain cross - road and come into Tralee with them to vote for Mr. Dease . He was there at the time named with a strong escort , but there were no tenants , and he had ...
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... appointed Judge , in the event of Judges of older standing declining the office . It is now , how- ever , clear that this was not the general impression , though I believe that no lawyer upon an impartial construction of the Act could ...
... appointed Judge , in the event of Judges of older standing declining the office . It is now , how- ever , clear that this was not the general impression , though I believe that no lawyer upon an impartial construction of the Act could ...
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... appointed pursuant to the Treaty of Washington for the purpose of amicably settling certain claims known as the ' Alabama ' claims have held their first meeting at Geneva . " Cases have been laid before the arbitrators on behalf of each ...
... appointed pursuant to the Treaty of Washington for the purpose of amicably settling certain claims known as the ' Alabama ' claims have held their first meeting at Geneva . " Cases have been laid before the arbitrators on behalf of each ...
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... appointed to the Judicial Committee , and if the Government had taken any other course they would have sacrificed the real meaning of the Act to a mere technicality . He hoped their lordships would not pass a vote which would lead to ...
... appointed to the Judicial Committee , and if the Government had taken any other course they would have sacrificed the real meaning of the Act to a mere technicality . He hoped their lordships would not pass a vote which would lead to ...
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