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Notes from a Diary, 1886-1888

Notes from a Diary, 1886-1888

Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Sir Henry Maine - A Brief Memoir of His Life

Sir Henry Maine - A Brief Memoir of His Life

Mountstuart Elphinstone Duff

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Ernest Renan, in Memoriam

Ernest Renan, in Memoriam

Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
The two chancellors, prince Gortchakof and prince Bismarck, ...

The two chancellors, prince Gortchakof and prince Bismarck, ...

Juljan Klaczko

George C. Brodrick. Sir Georok Campbell, M.P. J. Chamberlain. Professor Clifford . Montague Cookson, Q.C. O. H. Darwin. P. W. Farrar. Professor Fawcett, M.P. Howard A. Freeman. Mrs. Garrktt-Axdersos. M. B. Grant-Duff, M.P. Thomas Hake.
A Guide to the Papers of British Cabinet Ministers 1900-1964

A Guide to the Papers of British Cabinet Ministers 1900-1964

Cameron Hazlehurst

SIR (ALFRED) DUFF COOPER, ist VISCOUNT NORWICH (1890-1954) Duff Cooper was Conservative MP for Oldham 1924-29, and for Westminster (St George's) 1931-45. He was Financial Secretary to the War Office Jan 1928-June 1929 ...
André Gide: A Life in the Present

André Gide: A Life in the Present

Alan Sheridan

... but of the box of Lady Diana Cooper, the wife of the British Ambassador, Sir Alfred Duff Cooper, currently known in Paris as "le Duff sur le toit"'. Beside Lady Cooper, Cocteau sat enthroned, obviously as much at ease with the British embassy ...
The Life of Sir John Franklin, R.N.

The Life of Sir John Franklin, R.N.

Henry Duff Traill

A personal memoir of Polar explorer Sir John Franklin, based on family documents and originally published in 1896.
Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 2008

Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 2008

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Grandchildren of late James Duff Duff, 3rd son of late Col James Duff of Knockleith (ante) :- Issue of late Maj-Gen Alan Colquhoun Duff, CB, OBE. MC. 4 1896, d 1973: m 1935, Diana Frances, who d 2003. el da of late Col Richard Parry ...
The Unity of Plutarch's Work: 'Moralia' Themes in the ...

The Unity of Plutarch's Work: 'Moralia' Themes in the ...

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2002a, 143–5); Duff 2003, 92–93. Cf. also the supernatural ... 5.8 ('the beauty of a hero's statue'): see Duff 1999, 168–170. 59 As noted in ... 2003 and 2008a. Both characteristics will soon be in evidence: for example, when 202 Timothy E. Duff.
Annual Register

Annual Register

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HIGH SHERIFFS FOR 1867. ENGLAND. Bedfordshire — William Cooper Cooper ,. War — Principal Sec. Right Hon. Sir J. S. ... India — Principal Sec. and President of Council, Right Hon. Sir S. H. ... J. Herries — Alfred Montgomery, Henry Roberts, Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, James Disraeli — Joint Sees., T. Sargent, Wm. Corbett.
Abstractions of Evidence in the Study of Manuscripts and ...

Abstractions of Evidence in the Study of Manuscripts and ...

Joseph A. Dane

Perhaps the worst tangle occurs in E. Gordon Duff's rather strident critique of Blades, whom he holds accountable to bibliographical standards declared by Duff himself, standards much less nuanced than those of Blades quoted above. To Duff ...
The Strand Magazine

The Strand Magazine

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The Rt. Hon. A. DUFF COOPER P.C, D.S.O. A/fr- Duff Cooper in Downing Street on the way to a Cabinet Meeting during the crisis of September, 1938. THERE is a romantic background to the Rt. Hon. Alfred Duff Cooper, P.C, D.S.O., M.P., ...
Delphi Complete Works of Sir Thomas Malory (Illustrated):

Delphi Complete Works of Sir Thomas Malory (Illustrated):

Sir Thomas Malory

Sir Thomas Malory. there ever still hermit to his life's end. Then Sir Bors de Ganis, Sir Ector de Maris, Sir Gahalantine, Sir Galihud, Sir Galihodin, Sir Blamore, Sir Bleoberis, Sir Villiars le Valiant, Sir Clarrus of Clermont, all these knights drew ...
Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage

Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage

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... W. Peckham, Maidstone, Kent), b. 1891.-Helen Mary (The Old Vicarage, W. Peckham, Maidstone, Kent), b. 1894. Grandchildren of the late James Duff Duff ( infra):— Issue of the late Maj.-Gen. Alan Colquhoun Duff, CB, OBE, MC, b. 1896, d.
Printers, Stationers and Bookbinders of London and ...

Printers, Stationers and Bookbinders of London and ...

E. Gordon Duff

Duff's 1899 Sandars Lectures discuss the workings of the book trade in London during the fifteenth century.
Biophilic Design: The Theory, Science and Practice of ...

Biophilic Design: The Theory, Science and Practice of ...

Stephen R. Kellert

16-1: Photo: Grant Hildebrand 16-2: Photo: Grant Hildebrand 16-3: Photo: Grant Hildebrand 16-4: Photo: Grant Hildebrand 16-5: Photo: Grant Hildebrand 16-6: Photo: Grant Hildebrand 16-7: Photo: Grant Hildebrand 16-8: Photo: Grant ...
The Dublin and London magazine

The Dublin and London magazine

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Duff he was determined to punish ; but a duel with his former friend was by no means so palatable. After revolving ... himself to sleep. In the -morning he was awakened from a perplexed dream about Caroline, Aodh Dhu, and Tim Duff, by a  ...
The Word

The Word

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The News Chronicle, London, for August 15, 1938, published a photograph of Duff Cooper in the uniform of a Guards officer. In the accompanying letter-press, our contemirorary explained:— The Right Honourable Alfred Duff Cooper, P.C., ...
The Struggle for Europe's Constitution

The Struggle for Europe's Constitution

Andrew Duff

This is the first book in English to get to grips with the European Constitution, and Andrew Duff is the first participant to argue for the rescue of the project.
Answering for Crime: Responsibility and Liability in the ...

Answering for Crime: Responsibility and Liability in the ...

R A Duff

In this long-awaited book, Antony Duff offers a new perspective on the structures of criminal law and criminal liability.

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