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... writing to the reader , I am selfish enough to admit a preference for his tender mercy rather than for his critical judgment . I would ask him to remember that there are many almost insurmount- able difficulties to be faced in the ...
... writing to the reader , I am selfish enough to admit a preference for his tender mercy rather than for his critical judgment . I would ask him to remember that there are many almost insurmount- able difficulties to be faced in the ...
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... writer in the Quarterly Review , June 1855 , says , " The English Mercurie of 1588 [ Qy . 1583 ] , which professes to have been published during those momentous days when the Spanish Armada was hovering and waiting to pounce upon our ...
... writer in the Quarterly Review , June 1855 , says , " The English Mercurie of 1588 [ Qy . 1583 ] , which professes to have been published during those momentous days when the Spanish Armada was hovering and waiting to pounce upon our ...
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... writer goes on to say , " The terrible contest of the succeeding reign was the hotbed which forced the press of this country into sudden life and extraordinary vigour . ” udgment and require ane jalices of state in England and Wales.
... writer goes on to say , " The terrible contest of the succeeding reign was the hotbed which forced the press of this country into sudden life and extraordinary vigour . ” udgment and require ane jalices of state in England and Wales.
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... writer , soon made its appearance under the title of Mercurius Caledonius . The first number of this was published at Edinburgh on the 31st December 1660 , and comprised , as its title sets forth , " the affairs in agitation in Scotland ...
... writer , soon made its appearance under the title of Mercurius Caledonius . The first number of this was published at Edinburgh on the 31st December 1660 , and comprised , as its title sets forth , " the affairs in agitation in Scotland ...
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... writers that the earliest Eng- lish provincial newspaper is believed to be the Nor- wich Postman , which was published in 1706 at the price of a penny , and which bore the quaint statement , that a halfpenny would not be refused ...
... writers that the earliest Eng- lish provincial newspaper is believed to be the Nor- wich Postman , which was published in 1706 at the price of a penny , and which bore the quaint statement , that a halfpenny would not be refused ...
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