The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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२० and he afterwards ( in 1864 ) realised his original idea by bringing out a smaller revised edition , in which the name of M. Brialmont disappears altogether . We regret that this should have been thought necessary ; for although ...
२० and he afterwards ( in 1864 ) realised his original idea by bringing out a smaller revised edition , in which the name of M. Brialmont disappears altogether . We regret that this should have been thought necessary ; for although ...
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Now let us follow the event - General Harris ( on some view or information which is not stated ) persisted in his original intention , and ordered the direct attack on the tope ; -that attack failed , as Colonel Wellesley seems to have ...
Now let us follow the event - General Harris ( on some view or information which is not stated ) persisted in his original intention , and ordered the direct attack on the tope ; -that attack failed , as Colonel Wellesley seems to have ...
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As for George Stephenson , he was not an original inventor so much as a ready adopter and skilful adapter of the inventions of others , —a shrewd , practical man , who did not hesitate to make use of any arrangement that seemed best ...
As for George Stephenson , he was not an original inventor so much as a ready adopter and skilful adapter of the inventions of others , —a shrewd , practical man , who did not hesitate to make use of any arrangement that seemed best ...
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This is not only absurd but unjust :That a man , ' says Dr. Percy , who has worked out an original and valuable process from his own brain , and who may have incurred great expense in bringing it to a practical issue — it may be for ...
This is not only absurd but unjust :That a man , ' says Dr. Percy , who has worked out an original and valuable process from his own brain , and who may have incurred great expense in bringing it to a practical issue — it may be for ...
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... the high temperature and copious supply of air blown through the metal had failed to remove the sulphur and phosphorus present in the original pig , and that the product was an inferior metal . After a long course of experiments Mr.
... the high temperature and copious supply of air blown through the metal had failed to remove the sulphur and phosphorus present in the original pig , and that the product was an inferior metal . After a long course of experiments Mr.
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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