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... probably much older than his half - brothers David and James . The Auchingown charter was the first of a series by which the patrimony was built up of the family now represented by Sir Michael Robert Shaw - Stewart , Bart . , the last ...
... probably much older than his half - brothers David and James . The Auchingown charter was the first of a series by which the patrimony was built up of the family now represented by Sir Michael Robert Shaw - Stewart , Bart . , the last ...
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... probably a popular dance , just as we see now the ballet at the opera , and clog - dancing or hornpipes at the music - halls , are more enjoyed by some of the audience than the more cultured singing . In support of this I have recently ...
... probably a popular dance , just as we see now the ballet at the opera , and clog - dancing or hornpipes at the music - halls , are more enjoyed by some of the audience than the more cultured singing . In support of this I have recently ...
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... probably , John Kendrick , who was sheriff of London in 1645 , and lord mayor in 1652 . " - Granger's Biog . Hist . of England , v . 187 . J. INGLE Dredge . A Hamburgh merchant , probably fourth son of Thomas Kendrick , of Reading ...
... probably , John Kendrick , who was sheriff of London in 1645 , and lord mayor in 1652 . " - Granger's Biog . Hist . of England , v . 187 . J. INGLE Dredge . A Hamburgh merchant , probably fourth son of Thomas Kendrick , of Reading ...
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... probably once joined the mina to the castle . In a field near may be seen a huge reservoir of water ...... There is likewise a story that the mortar was mixed with oil instead of water , and that the huge tank to be seen near the walls ...
... probably once joined the mina to the castle . In a field near may be seen a huge reservoir of water ...... There is likewise a story that the mortar was mixed with oil instead of water , and that the huge tank to be seen near the walls ...
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... probably in the fourteenth . About A.D. 1500 it was , perhaps , at its best , and in many Italian churches most beautiful work dating from about that time may be found , as in the cathedral of Pisa , Sta . Maria Novella in Flo- rence ...
... probably in the fourteenth . About A.D. 1500 it was , perhaps , at its best , and in many Italian churches most beautiful work dating from about that time may be found , as in the cathedral of Pisa , Sta . Maria Novella in Flo- rence ...
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