The Annual Register, Volume 117Edmund Burke Rivingtons, 1876 Continuation of the reference work that originated with Robert Dodsley, written and published each year, which records and analyzes the year’s major events, developments and trends in Great Britain and throughout the world. From the 1920s volumes of The Annual Register took the essential shape in which they have continued ever since, opening with the history of Britain, then a section on foreign history covering each country or region in turn. Following these are the chronicle of events, brief retrospectives on the year’s cultural and economic developments, a short selection of documents, and obituaries of eminent persons who died in the year. |
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... Duke d'Audiffret - Pasquier - Army Bill passed [ 141 CHAPTER II . FRANCE . Funeral of M. Edgar Quinet - M . Dufaure's Circular - Threatenings from Germany - Constitutional Bills - Dissolution of old Committee of Thirty , and appointment ...
... Duke d'Audiffret - Pasquier - Army Bill passed [ 141 CHAPTER II . FRANCE . Funeral of M. Edgar Quinet - M . Dufaure's Circular - Threatenings from Germany - Constitutional Bills - Dissolution of old Committee of Thirty , and appointment ...
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... Duke of Devonshire , Mr. Forster , and Mr. Goschen . It was a question on which the choice would rest . A meeting of the Liberal members was appointed at the Reform Club for the 3rd of February . Two days before it took place Mr ...
... Duke of Devonshire , Mr. Forster , and Mr. Goschen . It was a question on which the choice would rest . A meeting of the Liberal members was appointed at the Reform Club for the 3rd of February . Two days before it took place Mr ...
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... Duke of Richmond followed , and expressed his satisfaction at the unanimity with which the Address was to be agreed to . Two elections for new Members of Parliament , which happened to take place on the same day , led to much ...
... Duke of Richmond followed , and expressed his satisfaction at the unanimity with which the Address was to be agreed to . Two elections for new Members of Parliament , which happened to take place on the same day , led to much ...
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... Duke of Cambridge in its defence . Lord Cardwell moved the rejection of the Bill , not because he objected simply to Exchanges , but because he believed that by means of the present Bill private pecuniary arrangements would not be got ...
... Duke of Cambridge in its defence . Lord Cardwell moved the rejection of the Bill , not because he objected simply to Exchanges , but because he believed that by means of the present Bill private pecuniary arrangements would not be got ...
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... Duke of Cambridge did not regard the present subject as involving any party considerations , and he spoke simply as an exponent of what he believed to be the sentiments of the Army . The system of Exchanges was not acceptable to anyone ...
... Duke of Cambridge did not regard the present subject as involving any party considerations , and he spoke simply as an exponent of what he believed to be the sentiments of the Army . The system of Exchanges was not acceptable to anyone ...
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