The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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So prompt was British action as to forestall a singular intrigue set on foot by Hugh Cleghorn , formerly Professor of Civil and Natural History in the University of St Andrews . Lured away from that calm abode by the superior attraction ...
So prompt was British action as to forestall a singular intrigue set on foot by Hugh Cleghorn , formerly Professor of Civil and Natural History in the University of St Andrews . Lured away from that calm abode by the superior attraction ...
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WASTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES 413 by the Overland route ( Alexandria - Suez ) it took only one month from London to Calcutta . And the steamships prepared the way for the cables which they laid and which followed their course .
WASTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES 413 by the Overland route ( Alexandria - Suez ) it took only one month from London to Calcutta . And the steamships prepared the way for the cables which they laid and which followed their course .
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Taken together with the permanent officials , their natural gifts were those of regulation rather than of creation , and allowing to the most competent of them , James Stephen , full credit for his conscientiousness , and to the most ...
Taken together with the permanent officials , their natural gifts were those of regulation rather than of creation , and allowing to the most competent of them , James Stephen , full credit for his conscientiousness , and to the most ...
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