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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... over the capital without bringing with it a single specimen of the well - known " yellow fog . " The leading topic of English conversation has seldom if ever held its B. position with such justifiable firmness as during the weird year.
... over the capital without bringing with it a single specimen of the well - known " yellow fog . " The leading topic of English conversation has seldom if ever held its B. position with such justifiable firmness as during the weird year.
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Edmund Burke. position with such justifiable firmness as during the weird year , 1872 . Auspiciously enough , perhaps , did the year open at once for the Queen and her people . It was impossible not to see what would be the effect of the ...
Edmund Burke. position with such justifiable firmness as during the weird year , 1872 . Auspiciously enough , perhaps , did the year open at once for the Queen and her people . It was impossible not to see what would be the effect of the ...
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... position which in a contest of this kind is favourable to the popular candidate . Mr. Dease's friends spared no personal efforts to carry the elec- tion ; but the popular influences were too strong for them . Some instances which are ...
... position which in a contest of this kind is favourable to the popular candidate . Mr. Dease's friends spared no personal efforts to carry the elec- tion ; but the popular influences were too strong for them . Some instances which are ...
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... position and attainments entitled his views to the highest respect , and who before the close of the year was to deprive the country and the pro- fession of his services by a melancholy act of madness , ' recorded his opinion that the ...
... position and attainments entitled his views to the highest respect , and who before the close of the year was to deprive the country and the pro- fession of his services by a melancholy act of madness , ' recorded his opinion that the ...
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... position was in itself a fair objection to the appointment , as creating a dan- gerous precedent , and it speaks highly for Mr. Brand's personal qualifications , and popularity with both sides of the House , that he was returned ...
... position was in itself a fair objection to the appointment , as creating a dan- gerous precedent , and it speaks highly for Mr. Brand's personal qualifications , and popularity with both sides of the House , that he was returned ...
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