The Edinburgh Review, Volume 109A. and C. Black, 1859 |
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... words . Mr. Helps informs the reader that— ' Some years ago , being much interested in the general subject of slavery , and engaged in writing upon it , I began to investigate the origin of modern slavery . I soon found that the works ...
... words . Mr. Helps informs the reader that— ' Some years ago , being much interested in the general subject of slavery , and engaged in writing upon it , I began to investigate the origin of modern slavery . I soon found that the works ...
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... words upon the author's mode of narrating , for this is , in some respects , as peculiar as the subject of his work . To his narrative we cannot always give the praise which is so justly due to the extent and origin- ality of his ...
... words upon the author's mode of narrating , for this is , in some respects , as peculiar as the subject of his work . To his narrative we cannot always give the praise which is so justly due to the extent and origin- ality of his ...
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... word reminds us of a very similar system in Latium ) , each of whom ruled over ten men ; ten of these decurions and their men were under a centurion ; ten centurions and their men obeyed another official chief ; and ten of these chiefs ...
... word reminds us of a very similar system in Latium ) , each of whom ruled over ten men ; ten of these decurions and their men were under a centurion ; ten centurions and their men obeyed another official chief ; and ten of these chiefs ...
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... words on the temptations to deal more harshly with their new - found subjects which equally beset Columbus and Ferdinand . Isabella's motives to err in this matter were of a different kind . She was sometimes led to think by her ...
... words on the temptations to deal more harshly with their new - found subjects which equally beset Columbus and Ferdinand . Isabella's motives to err in this matter were of a different kind . She was sometimes led to think by her ...
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... word ; the papers of Antonio were promptly referred to a Junta , formed partly of persons belong- ing to the king's council , and partly of unofficial persons , prin- cipally theologians . The result of their consultations was , that ...
... word ; the papers of Antonio were promptly referred to a Junta , formed partly of persons belong- ing to the king's council , and partly of unofficial persons , prin- cipally theologians . The result of their consultations was , that ...
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