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  • "A Deputation is hereby appointed, to whom is entrusted the duty of forthwith conveying this resolution to the Prime Minister at the House of Commons and eliciting his reply."

    Prisons and Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences 1914

  • A Deputation from the Revolutionary Committee of Mutius Scaevola, announced that the Commune had invited all the Constituted Authorities to come and take an Oath before it, and that the toc-sin was ringing at the Commune.

    News Report 1794

  • A Deputation from the Revolutionary Committee of Mutius Scaevola, announced that the Commune had invited all the Constituted

    News Report 1794

  • Previous: [A Deputation from the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society] Articlevol.

    According to the New Post-Office Laws 1862

  • Next: [A Deputation from the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society] Articlevol.

    Foreign and Colonial News 1862

  • A Deputation from the Revolutionary Committee of Mutius

    News Report 1794

  • The preacher was a "Deputation," sent by one of the large missionary societies to arouse the indifferent to

    The Wizard Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • No one in the audience (besides myself) noticed the infelicity of the illustration; nor do I think that the worthy "Deputation," if he had perceived it, would have had the presence of mind to act as a famous preacher did in like circumstances, and, throwing up his hands, exclaim, "Oh, blessed contrast!"

    Collections and Recollections George William Erskine Russell 1886

  • By half past eight, when the Deputation was destroyed, there may have been a crowd of three hundred people or more at this place, besides those who had left the road to approach the Martians nearer.

    The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

  • In May 1939, the ANC invited the NCAW to participate in the Joint Deputation to the Minister and Secretary for Native Affairs.

    African National Congress Parliamentary Caucus 2008

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