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Page 422
... town to town by horse and wagon , a form of transport that necessarily limited their size and the dis- tances they could cover in a given season . In the spring of that year , Barnum and his partners loaded their show onto 65 railroad ...
... town to town by horse and wagon , a form of transport that necessarily limited their size and the dis- tances they could cover in a given season . In the spring of that year , Barnum and his partners loaded their show onto 65 railroad ...
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... towns either in their historical identity as episcopal sees or as the beneficiaries honoris causa of a special act of the crown ( the first town so distinguished was Birmingham in 1889 ) . Except for the ancient City of London ( an area ...
... towns either in their historical identity as episcopal sees or as the beneficiaries honoris causa of a special act of the crown ( the first town so distinguished was Birmingham in 1889 ) . Except for the ancient City of London ( an area ...
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... town and country was largely obscured when secular and ecclesiastical lords ruled over the surrounding counties ( comté , Grafschaft ) as the vassals of mock em- perors or barbarian kings . Social ethos and organization enforced ...
... town and country was largely obscured when secular and ecclesiastical lords ruled over the surrounding counties ( comté , Grafschaft ) as the vassals of mock em- perors or barbarian kings . Social ethos and organization enforced ...
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CHINA | 36 |
CHINESE LITERATURE | 231 |
CHORDATES CHRISTIANITY | 251 |
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