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... Lord Ashburton , viz . , " that after giving his daughter to the king's son , Reginald de Courtenay abandoned his possessions in France , and obtained QUERIES : - Gibraltar Queries , 7- Rev. J. Serces - Dis- from the English monarch a ...
... Lord Ashburton , viz . , " that after giving his daughter to the king's son , Reginald de Courtenay abandoned his possessions in France , and obtained QUERIES : - Gibraltar Queries , 7- Rev. J. Serces - Dis- from the English monarch a ...
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... lord the king has heard " ( Excerpta e Rot . Fin . , i . 36 ) . The rearrangement of the Courtenay pedigree required by these emendations is best shown by the table herewith given . It allows of Robert de Courtenay , who married the ...
... lord the king has heard " ( Excerpta e Rot . Fin . , i . 36 ) . The rearrangement of the Courtenay pedigree required by these emendations is best shown by the table herewith given . It allows of Robert de Courtenay , who married the ...
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... Lord of the 12th ; or the Lord of the 6th in the 12th in any evil Aspect to the Moon or Lord of the 1st or if h or is in the 12th , then there is most certainly Witchcraft in the case : but if the same Planet be Lord of the 1st and 12th ...
... Lord of the 12th ; or the Lord of the 6th in the 12th in any evil Aspect to the Moon or Lord of the 1st or if h or is in the 12th , then there is most certainly Witchcraft in the case : but if the same Planet be Lord of the 1st and 12th ...
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... Lord Beaconsfield . Many of the names admit of a double solution , especially those which are clearly mixed characters , made up by fusing two real persons into a fic- titious one . It will be seen that the results I thus arrive at ...
... Lord Beaconsfield . Many of the names admit of a double solution , especially those which are clearly mixed characters , made up by fusing two real persons into a fic- titious one . It will be seen that the results I thus arrive at ...
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... Lord Beaconsfield's policy in bringing Indian troops to Malta was in any way original , as a brigade of our native Indian troops was transported up the Red Sea to Suez , under , I think , the com- mand of Sir David Baird , at the ...
... Lord Beaconsfield's policy in bringing Indian troops to Malta was in any way original , as a brigade of our native Indian troops was transported up the Red Sea to Suez , under , I think , the com- mand of Sir David Baird , at the ...
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