Life and Times of the Right Honourable William Henry Smith, M.P.W. Blackwood and sons, 1893 |
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... important person in the vil- lage to those whose business it was to maintain life by implements , or defend it by weapons of iron . Hence in every such society the smith , or worker in iron , became a central figure , and hence the ...
... important person in the vil- lage to those whose business it was to maintain life by implements , or defend it by weapons of iron . Hence in every such society the smith , or worker in iron , became a central figure , and hence the ...
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Sir Herbert Maxwell. HIS GRANDFATHER . 33 of being all - important to the buyer , became de- pendent on his favour ... importance are attached to patronymics by different people . Sydney Smith , on being asked who was his grand- father ...
Sir Herbert Maxwell. HIS GRANDFATHER . 33 of being all - important to the buyer , became de- pendent on his favour ... importance are attached to patronymics by different people . Sydney Smith , on being asked who was his grand- father ...
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... important tributary of the Pactolus of British trade . In those days penny and halfpenny dailies may , indeed , have been somebody's dream , but one not more likely to be realised than any other dream . Besides the paper - tax , there ...
... important tributary of the Pactolus of British trade . In those days penny and halfpenny dailies may , indeed , have been somebody's dream , but one not more likely to be realised than any other dream . Besides the paper - tax , there ...
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... active foresight , raised his business from a very modest scale to one of considerable importance and value . But as he advanced in years , incessant work began to tell upon his health . In 1845 his friend , Mr Sercombe (
... active foresight , raised his business from a very modest scale to one of considerable importance and value . But as he advanced in years , incessant work began to tell upon his health . In 1845 his friend , Mr Sercombe (
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... importance was cer- 1 In spite of the profusion of his correspondence at all times of his life , Smith possessed two virtues of a letter - writer - he wrote a distinct hand , almost ladylike in neatness , and he hardly ever , even at ...
... importance was cer- 1 In spite of the profusion of his correspondence at all times of his life , Smith possessed two virtues of a letter - writer - he wrote a distinct hand , almost ladylike in neatness , and he hardly ever , even at ...
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