The Quarterly Review, Volumen76William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1845 |
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... period , yet , the sources of error being nearly the same in all periods , we may obtain a good comparative idea of progress , or retrocession , in this element of social well - being . : In England and Wales the number of houses for ...
... period , yet , the sources of error being nearly the same in all periods , we may obtain a good comparative idea of progress , or retrocession , in this element of social well - being . : In England and Wales the number of houses for ...
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... period 1824-1832 . Mr. Rickman attributed such excess to the census having included foundlings under the title of illegitimates : but that is not the case in the above statement ; for there is a separate return of found- lings who are ...
... period 1824-1832 . Mr. Rickman attributed such excess to the census having included foundlings under the title of illegitimates : but that is not the case in the above statement ; for there is a separate return of found- lings who are ...
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... period which those returns em- brace : but , from observations in Ireland , extending from 1797 to 1828 , the number per thousand constantly sick in the in- fantry is one - fourth more than in the cavalry ; probably , though it is not ...
... period which those returns em- brace : but , from observations in Ireland , extending from 1797 to 1828 , the number per thousand constantly sick in the in- fantry is one - fourth more than in the cavalry ; probably , though it is not ...
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... period this island had been noted for its extreme insalubrity . So far back as 1685 , the deaths among the troops during the sickly season averaged 140 per week ; and some years later , out of 800 who arrived , two - thirds died within ...
... period this island had been noted for its extreme insalubrity . So far back as 1685 , the deaths among the troops during the sickly season averaged 140 per week ; and some years later , out of 800 who arrived , two - thirds died within ...
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... period , among the dragoons and dragoon - guards at home , the admissions for consumption were but 6 · 4— ) ; and ' one - fifth more are invalided for pulmonic affections than in British America ' ( Re- port on British America , 38 b ) ...
... period , among the dragoons and dragoon - guards at home , the admissions for consumption were but 6 · 4— ) ; and ' one - fifth more are invalided for pulmonic affections than in British America ' ( Re- port on British America , 38 b ) ...
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