Chambers's Repository of Instructing and Amusing Tracts, Volumes 1-3W. and R. Chambers, 1852 - English literature |
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... interest than the history of these efforts , whether we regard it in a general and philosophical light as part of the history of human laws and institutions , or follow the narratives of remarkable criminal inves- tigations , with their ...
... interest than the history of these efforts , whether we regard it in a general and philosophical light as part of the history of human laws and institutions , or follow the narratives of remarkable criminal inves- tigations , with their ...
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... interest in the inquiry notices a trifling fact , which leads investigation in the true direction . Thus , in the French case , if the inquiries had been reported in the newspapers , and the public thus been led to take an interest in ...
... interest in the inquiry notices a trifling fact , which leads investigation in the true direction . Thus , in the French case , if the inquiries had been reported in the newspapers , and the public thus been led to take an interest in ...
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... interest which attaches to personal exploits and adventure . Romulus is too remote and too hypothetical a being for human sympathy to be concerned with ; whilst the war with the Tarentines is referred to in terms too vague and general ...
... interest which attaches to personal exploits and adventure . Romulus is too remote and too hypothetical a being for human sympathy to be concerned with ; whilst the war with the Tarentines is referred to in terms too vague and general ...
Contents
THE STRUGGLE IN THE CAUCASUS NO 9 | 9 |
CURIOSITIES OF CRIMINAL LAW 10 | 10 |
A LEGEND OF GHENT 11 | 11 |
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