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A Seeker After Truth:•

"Timex are flowery components, Sir, in the language of my friend," was Colonel Diver's criticism of Mr. Jefferson Brick ; and it may be applied with emphasis to Mr. Octavian......

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11R. GLADSTONE : A STUDY• Mr. Gladstone : a Study ! Mr. Jennings might just as well call Mr. Foote's attack upon Christianity a " study " of that religion, or Victor Hugo's......