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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... appointed at the Reform Club for the 3rd of February . Two days before it took place Mr. Forster wrote a letter declining the candidature , inas- much as he felt he could not reckon upon that general support without which he could not ...
... appointed at the Reform Club for the 3rd of February . Two days before it took place Mr. Forster wrote a letter declining the candidature , inas- much as he felt he could not reckon upon that general support without which he could not ...
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... the account of the Report drawn up and delivered by the Select Committee on Foreign Loans , which at the instance of Sir Henry James , the House of Commons had been instigated to appoint , for 24 ] [ 1875 . ENGLISH HISTORY .
... the account of the Report drawn up and delivered by the Select Committee on Foreign Loans , which at the instance of Sir Henry James , the House of Commons had been instigated to appoint , for 24 ] [ 1875 . ENGLISH HISTORY .
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Edmund Burke. House of Commons had been instigated to appoint , for the pur- pose of inquiring into the conditions of certain loans raised by some South American governments , notably that of Honduras , in which the British public had ...
Edmund Burke. House of Commons had been instigated to appoint , for the pur- pose of inquiring into the conditions of certain loans raised by some South American governments , notably that of Honduras , in which the British public had ...
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... appointed to investigate . They accepted commissions subject to the new rules , which excluded the free traffic in Ex- changes , and thus a Bill , introduced on the plea of remedying a grievance of the old officers , really becomes a ...
... appointed to investigate . They accepted commissions subject to the new rules , which excluded the free traffic in Ex- changes , and thus a Bill , introduced on the plea of remedying a grievance of the old officers , really becomes a ...
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... appointed under the Public Worship Act would be also the Dean of Arches , and would , therefore , have to decide all matters of ecclesiastical offence . It was then thought desirable that , in all cases over which he had jurisdiction ...
... appointed under the Public Worship Act would be also the Dean of Arches , and would , therefore , have to decide all matters of ecclesiastical offence . It was then thought desirable that , in all cases over which he had jurisdiction ...
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