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... interesting to recall that modern Imperialism really dates from the first Jubilee of 1887 when the country began to show so much enthusiasm for the colonies . From that period also dates the somewhat bellicose spirit which was more or ...
... interesting to recall that modern Imperialism really dates from the first Jubilee of 1887 when the country began to show so much enthusiasm for the colonies . From that period also dates the somewhat bellicose spirit which was more or ...
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... interesting work of some kind , either of the hand or the head , so long as over- exertion of either is avoided . It should be the aim of every one to be constantly employed . If all men and women were kept at some useful employment ...
... interesting work of some kind , either of the hand or the head , so long as over- exertion of either is avoided . It should be the aim of every one to be constantly employed . If all men and women were kept at some useful employment ...
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... the " Pear - portrait . " A cultivated mind may be said to have infinite stores of innocent gratification . Everything may be made interesting to it by becoming a subject of thought or inquiry . Books , regarded merely as a.
... the " Pear - portrait . " A cultivated mind may be said to have infinite stores of innocent gratification . Everything may be made interesting to it by becoming a subject of thought or inquiry . Books , regarded merely as a.
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... ye travellers who feast at palatial hotels — was to us a highly appreciated luxury . As an additional kindness he took us to see a picture gallery - which in sober truth was but a collection of daubs - and the far more interesting Rotunda ...
... ye travellers who feast at palatial hotels — was to us a highly appreciated luxury . As an additional kindness he took us to see a picture gallery - which in sober truth was but a collection of daubs - and the far more interesting Rotunda ...
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Lady Dorothy Nevill Ralph Nevill. collection of daubs - and the far more interesting Rotunda , a Palladian Villa from which the Duke of Devonshire's house at Chiswick was copied . With him for guide we also saw the rival castles of the ...
Lady Dorothy Nevill Ralph Nevill. collection of daubs - and the far more interesting Rotunda , a Palladian Villa from which the Duke of Devonshire's house at Chiswick was copied . With him for guide we also saw the rival castles of the ...
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