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... London . work and efficiency esteemed for its durability and artistic quality . NORWICH , 5 , Timber Hill.-Mr. B. SAMUEL Picture restoration and cleaning is treated with the best judgment and the highest skill ; oil paintings and ...
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... London , Darton & Harvey , 1824 , 12mo . Preface signed R. D. Choirochorographia , sive Hoglandiĉ Descriptio . Lon- don , 1709 , 8vo . [ 5th S. x . 428 , 455 , 477 ; xi . 34 , 154. ] A Dissertation on Comedy . By a Student of Oxford .
... London , Darton & Harvey , 1824 , 12mo . Preface signed R. D. Choirochorographia , sive Hoglandiĉ Descriptio . Lon- don , 1709 , 8vo . [ 5th S. x . 428 , 455 , 477 ; xi . 34 , 154. ] A Dissertation on Comedy . By a Student of Oxford .
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LONDON , SATURDAY , JANUARY 8 , 1881 . CONTENTS.— No 54 . NOTES : -Bishop Fisher's Sermon on Occasion of the Recan- tation of Robert Barnes : Notes on Bishop Fisher , 21 - Brissel- cock : Turkey , 22 - Dr . Guest on the Origin of London ...
LONDON , SATURDAY , JANUARY 8 , 1881 . CONTENTS.— No 54 . NOTES : -Bishop Fisher's Sermon on Occasion of the Recan- tation of Robert Barnes : Notes on Bishop Fisher , 21 - Brissel- cock : Turkey , 22 - Dr . Guest on the Origin of London ...
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