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... respecting many public events in which he had borne a leading part ; many reminiscences of a more personal character were also lost which would have thrown light on his private life . Mr. Brown seems not to have given a thought to the ...
... respecting many public events in which he had borne a leading part ; many reminiscences of a more personal character were also lost which would have thrown light on his private life . Mr. Brown seems not to have given a thought to the ...
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... respect , and , although he failed in his original plan to some extent , he had not , as now became manifest , given up the hope of securing some sort of ecclesiastical supremacy for himself and his clergy , though keenly opposed by ...
... respect , and , although he failed in his original plan to some extent , he had not , as now became manifest , given up the hope of securing some sort of ecclesiastical supremacy for himself and his clergy , though keenly opposed by ...
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... respect it was much easier reaching them , as the population was generally congregated in districts comparatively easily reached by water . The large population now in the counties of Grey , Bruce and Simcoe , fill a region then almost ...
... respect it was much easier reaching them , as the population was generally congregated in districts comparatively easily reached by water . The large population now in the counties of Grey , Bruce and Simcoe , fill a region then almost ...
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... respecting popular government . An intense hater of slavery , and a keen defender of the British constitutional system , no man was better adapted to shine as a newspaper editor or contributor . As a writer in the Albion , he soon ...
... respecting popular government . An intense hater of slavery , and a keen defender of the British constitutional system , no man was better adapted to shine as a newspaper editor or contributor . As a writer in the Albion , he soon ...
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... respecting appoint- ments . It was clear that the battle for responsible government had to be fought over again , before much attention could be devoted to internal and detailed reforms , however important . Mr. Brown , through the ...
... respecting appoint- ments . It was clear that the battle for responsible government had to be fought over again , before much attention could be devoted to internal and detailed reforms , however important . Mr. Brown , through the ...
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