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... known as to those who wrote for them , the names of the editors , managers , and staff of the principal London journals being , as it were , supposed to be shrouded in mystery . Perhaps this was why so many bowed down before the ...
... known as to those who wrote for them , the names of the editors , managers , and staff of the principal London journals being , as it were , supposed to be shrouded in mystery . Perhaps this was why so many bowed down before the ...
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... known a great many of the clever people connected with it , including Thackeray . As is well known , the famous novelist was an accomplished penman , and used to pride himself on the neatness and dexterity with which he could cram the ...
... known a great many of the clever people connected with it , including Thackeray . As is well known , the famous novelist was an accomplished penman , and used to pride himself on the neatness and dexterity with which he could cram the ...
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... known firm . Some of his monetary operations on a gigantic scale were of European importance . The greatest of these - one of the greatest ever performed by a single banker - was that he freed France from the incubus of an occupa- tion ...
... known firm . Some of his monetary operations on a gigantic scale were of European importance . The greatest of these - one of the greatest ever performed by a single banker - was that he freed France from the incubus of an occupa- tion ...
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... known Sir Tatton Sykes , who invariably went on horseback from Sledmere to London and back , whenever he had occasion to visit the Metropolis , his rule being to ride to London and return as far as Barnet the same night . It is related ...
... known Sir Tatton Sykes , who invariably went on horseback from Sledmere to London and back , whenever he had occasion to visit the Metropolis , his rule being to ride to London and return as far as Barnet the same night . It is related ...
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... known . It was originally derived from the Norman - French word bougette signifying a leather purse or wallet . It was the custom in the early Parliaments of England to put into a leather bag or bougette the accounts sub- mitted to the ...
... known . It was originally derived from the Norman - French word bougette signifying a leather purse or wallet . It was the custom in the early Parliaments of England to put into a leather bag or bougette the accounts sub- mitted to the ...
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