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... lord , 9 Dec. , 1868 . ADULLAM ( p . 13 ) . The Adullamites ( lord Elcho and Mr. Wyld excepted ) voted with Mr. Gladstone for the disestablishment of the Irish Church , 1 May , 1868 . ADULTERATION OF SEEDS ACT passed 11 Aug. 1869 ...
... lord , 9 Dec. , 1868 . ADULLAM ( p . 13 ) . The Adullamites ( lord Elcho and Mr. Wyld excepted ) voted with Mr. Gladstone for the disestablishment of the Irish Church , 1 May , 1868 . ADULTERATION OF SEEDS ACT passed 11 Aug. 1869 ...
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... lord , Napier totally defeated the Abyssinians , who lost about 700 killed and wounded , 10 April , 1868. The British had 20 wounded . ARTILLERY ( p . 50 ) . Royal Artillery Institution at Woolwich , established 1838 ; building ...
... lord , Napier totally defeated the Abyssinians , who lost about 700 killed and wounded , 10 April , 1868. The British had 20 wounded . ARTILLERY ( p . 50 ) . Royal Artillery Institution at Woolwich , established 1838 ; building ...
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... lords in the following year ; other petitions against peers have been filed . BARTHOLOMEW THE GREAT , ST . near ... Lord Auckland , the bishop , resigned 6 Sept. 1869 , and was succeeded by the Hon . and Rev. Arthur Charles Harvey ...
... lords in the following year ; other petitions against peers have been filed . BARTHOLOMEW THE GREAT , ST . near ... Lord Auckland , the bishop , resigned 6 Sept. 1869 , and was succeeded by the Hon . and Rev. Arthur Charles Harvey ...
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... Lord , " having taken up arms and defeated the queen - mother , Mary of Guise , called a parliament , which set up a new form of church polity on the Genevese model , in which bishops were replaced by " superintendents " 1561 Three ...
... Lord , " having taken up arms and defeated the queen - mother , Mary of Guise , called a parliament , which set up a new form of church polity on the Genevese model , in which bishops were replaced by " superintendents " 1561 Three ...
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... lord mayor and aldermen by an act passed 9 Aug. , 1870 . BULLION ( p . 131 ) . Value of bullion imported into Great Britain in 1858 : gold , 22,793,1267 ; silver , 6,700,0641 .; total , 29,493,190l .; in 1868 : gold , 17,136,1777 ...
... lord mayor and aldermen by an act passed 9 Aug. , 1870 . BULLION ( p . 131 ) . Value of bullion imported into Great Britain in 1858 : gold , 22,793,1267 ; silver , 6,700,0641 .; total , 29,493,190l .; in 1868 : gold , 17,136,1777 ...
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