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... British from the peninsula . He had spies in every European court , and so ruled all diplomatic and political cabals , that the Empress of Russia , who dreaded him , called him Le Cocher de l'Europe ( The Driver of Europe ' ) . But the ...
... British from the peninsula . He had spies in every European court , and so ruled all diplomatic and political cabals , that the Empress of Russia , who dreaded him , called him Le Cocher de l'Europe ( The Driver of Europe ' ) . But the ...
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... British or Summer C .; while the more devastating and fatal forms of the disease are generally supposed to originate only in tropical countries - especially in India -- and thence to be propagated epidemically over vast populations ...
... British or Summer C .; while the more devastating and fatal forms of the disease are generally supposed to originate only in tropical countries - especially in India -- and thence to be propagated epidemically over vast populations ...
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... British sea - coasts ; but almost exclusively confined to situations where there are high cliffs . In these it generally makes its nest ; sometimes , however , in ruined towers . Its long hooked claws enable it to cling easily to a ...
... British sea - coasts ; but almost exclusively confined to situations where there are high cliffs . In these it generally makes its nest ; sometimes , however , in ruined towers . Its long hooked claws enable it to cling easily to a ...
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... British forces , July 5 , 1840 , and was retaken by them ( having been evacuated the previous February ) October 1 , 1841. At the close of the war , the island was delivered up to the Chinese . In 1860 , it was again occupied by British ...
... British forces , July 5 , 1840 , and was retaken by them ( having been evacuated the previous February ) October 1 , 1841. At the close of the war , the island was delivered up to the Chinese . In 1860 , it was again occupied by British ...
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... British Museum . This beautiful production of Greek art was discovered about the middle of the 16th c . , in a marble sarco- phagus in a sepulchre ( believed to be that of the Roman emperor Alexander Severus , 223 --235 A. D. ) at Monte ...
... British Museum . This beautiful production of Greek art was discovered about the middle of the 16th c . , in a marble sarco- phagus in a sepulchre ( believed to be that of the Roman emperor Alexander Severus , 223 --235 A. D. ) at Monte ...
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