The Quarterly Review, Volumes 222-223William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1915 - English literature |
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... position of the unpensioned official in the Sudan is decidedly less enviable . The apparently high salaries which are offered lose much of their allurement when the cost of living in Khartoum and the Provinces has to be met ; to save is ...
... position of the unpensioned official in the Sudan is decidedly less enviable . The apparently high salaries which are offered lose much of their allurement when the cost of living in Khartoum and the Provinces has to be met ; to save is ...
Page 14
... position he must consent to the exchange of gifts between himself and native chiefs in their ceremonial intercourse ; on the other hand , his presents are very frequently of greater intrinsic value than those which he receives . In ...
... position he must consent to the exchange of gifts between himself and native chiefs in their ceremonial intercourse ; on the other hand , his presents are very frequently of greater intrinsic value than those which he receives . In ...
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... position nevertheless reflects the ultimate and even the speedy result of the painstaking , cautious and eminently honest government which the country enjoys . Much has been done , much remains to do . The hybrid form of government ...
... position nevertheless reflects the ultimate and even the speedy result of the painstaking , cautious and eminently honest government which the country enjoys . Much has been done , much remains to do . The hybrid form of government ...
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... position of Sirmio - an islet , like a ship at anchor , in the midst of the largest expanse of fresh water in Cisalpine Gaul - could not but appeal to the imagination of a poet who was also a yachtsman . One is tempted to believe that ...
... position of Sirmio - an islet , like a ship at anchor , in the midst of the largest expanse of fresh water in Cisalpine Gaul - could not but appeal to the imagination of a poet who was also a yachtsman . One is tempted to believe that ...
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... position of Sirmione off the shore , the horizon visible from this place is remarkably extensive and distant in every direction save towards the north . The blue rim where skies and mountains meet ' is so unobstructed and lies so far ...
... position of Sirmione off the shore , the horizon visible from this place is remarkably extensive and distant in every direction save towards the north . The blue rim where skies and mountains meet ' is so unobstructed and lies so far ...
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