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... History of Penny Postage , and to write his Life . In 1880 also , General Gordon's brother , Sir Henry Gordon , entrusted him with the duty of editing the letters which General Gordon had written to his sister during the six years of ...
... History of Penny Postage , and to write his Life . In 1880 also , General Gordon's brother , Sir Henry Gordon , entrusted him with the duty of editing the letters which General Gordon had written to his sister during the six years of ...
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... , Professor Burdon Sanderson , and the Rev. C. W. Boase among 1 Fellow of Exeter , and University Reader in Foreign History . LIVES OF POETS . 1 . b the friends made during this Oxford time . He availed DR . BIRKBECK HILL xvii.
... , Professor Burdon Sanderson , and the Rev. C. W. Boase among 1 Fellow of Exeter , and University Reader in Foreign History . LIVES OF POETS . 1 . b the friends made during this Oxford time . He availed DR . BIRKBECK HILL xvii.
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... History at Harvard ( now Professor of Commerce in the University of Birmingham ) . With them he passed the summer and early autumn , partly at Cambridge , Massachusetts , and partly in a pleasant village on Cape Cod . A result of this ...
... History at Harvard ( now Professor of Commerce in the University of Birmingham ) . With them he passed the summer and early autumn , partly at Cambridge , Massachusetts , and partly in a pleasant village on Cape Cod . A result of this ...
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... History of Penny Postage , by Sir Rowland Hill and his nephew , George Birkbeck Hill , 2 vols . London , 1880 . Colonel Gordon in Central Africa , 1874-9 . From original Letters and Documents . Edited by George Birkbeck Hill . London ...
... History of Penny Postage , by Sir Rowland Hill and his nephew , George Birkbeck Hill , 2 vols . London , 1880 . Colonel Gordon in Central Africa , 1874-9 . From original Letters and Documents . Edited by George Birkbeck Hill . London ...
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... History the succession of facts is not easily discovered , and I am not without suspicion that some of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years 3. I have followed Langbaine , as the best authority for his plays ; and if I shall ...
... History the succession of facts is not easily discovered , and I am not without suspicion that some of Dryden's works are placed in wrong years 3. I have followed Langbaine , as the best authority for his plays ; and if I shall ...
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