The Quarterly Review, Volume 289William 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 John Murray, 1951 - English literature |
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Statements such as · Britain lies over one vast coalfield , ' or • The coal is there — why don't they dig it out ? ' are frequently heard . This kind of observation , given with the confidence of ignorance , usually comes from people ...
Statements such as · Britain lies over one vast coalfield , ' or • The coal is there — why don't they dig it out ? ' are frequently heard . This kind of observation , given with the confidence of ignorance , usually comes from people ...
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THE industrial wealth and power of Britain were made possible by the excellence of its transport system , above all by its railways . Many different men combined to make the railways , Britain's gift to the world .
THE industrial wealth and power of Britain were made possible by the excellence of its transport system , above all by its railways . Many different men combined to make the railways , Britain's gift to the world .
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One of the inevitable repercussions of the unpopularity in Spain of Great Britain , the fruit of the events depicted on previous pages , has been the inflammation of that perpetual sore in the heart of Spain , the possession of ...
One of the inevitable repercussions of the unpopularity in Spain of Great Britain , the fruit of the events depicted on previous pages , has been the inflammation of that perpetual sore in the heart of Spain , the possession of ...
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