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... correspondent who will kindly side , the first three houses are worthy of notice . supply me with the date of its appearance and a The first two seem to be built entirely of wood . transcription of the title - page . It has occurred to ...
... correspondent who will kindly side , the first three houses are worthy of notice . supply me with the date of its appearance and a The first two seem to be built entirely of wood . transcription of the title - page . It has occurred to ...
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... correspondent of " N. & Q. " a little time ago gave us the derivation of gin - sling . Will he , or some one else ... correspondents desiring information on family matters of only private interest , to affix their names and addresses to ...
... correspondent of " N. & Q. " a little time ago gave us the derivation of gin - sling . Will he , or some one else ... correspondents desiring information on family matters of only private interest , to affix their names and addresses to ...
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... correspondent that it most certainly is not new , as the following Omitting Robert de quotations will show . Brunne , as given by ANON . , we have in the Com- plaint of the Black Knight , 1. 397 : — " Love , alas ! quite him so his wage ...
... correspondent that it most certainly is not new , as the following Omitting Robert de quotations will show . Brunne , as given by ANON . , we have in the Com- plaint of the Black Knight , 1. 397 : — " Love , alas ! quite him so his wage ...
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... correspondent . MR . LYNN's citation of the Welsh estyll is a decisive accession to one of Hearne's alternative explanations , that it is the pair of covers or boards of a book , and seems to have been unknown to him . It would also be ...
... correspondent . MR . LYNN's citation of the Welsh estyll is a decisive accession to one of Hearne's alternative explanations , that it is the pair of covers or boards of a book , and seems to have been unknown to him . It would also be ...
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... correspondent C. R. R. desire it . ( 6th S. ii . 489. ) " What steam is to machinery , " & c . - Any one who has gone down the Edgware Road must have seen a large board , about half way between the Marble Arch and Praed Street , on ...
... correspondent C. R. R. desire it . ( 6th S. ii . 489. ) " What steam is to machinery , " & c . - Any one who has gone down the Edgware Road must have seen a large board , about half way between the Marble Arch and Praed Street , on ...
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