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... ROBERT MALCOLM . With numerous characteristic Portraits . Foolscap 8vo , 2s . 6d . cloth . II . CYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY : a Series of Memoirs of Eminent Religious Characters . By the Rev. Dr. JAMIESON . Third Edition . Crown ...
... ROBERT MALCOLM . With numerous characteristic Portraits . Foolscap 8vo , 2s . 6d . cloth . II . CYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGIOUS BIOGRAPHY : a Series of Memoirs of Eminent Religious Characters . By the Rev. Dr. JAMIESON . Third Edition . Crown ...
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... , D.D. 36 19 Bekker , Emmanuel 36 353 Belcher , Sir Edward 37 242 • 37 8 Belgians , King of the . ( See Leopold 20 George Christian Frederick ) 20 Bell , Henry Glassford 1 • Bell , John Bell , Robert Bell , Thomas Bendemann.
... , D.D. 36 19 Bekker , Emmanuel 36 353 Belcher , Sir Edward 37 242 • 37 8 Belgians , King of the . ( See Leopold 20 George Christian Frederick ) 20 Bell , Henry Glassford 1 • Bell , John Bell , Robert Bell , Thomas Bendemann.
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... Robert Bell , Thomas Bendemann , Edward Benedict , Julius Bennett , William Sterndale Berghaus , Henry Berkeley , Hon . Francis , M. P. Berlioz , Hector Bernard , Claude Berryer , Pierre Antoine Bethell , Sir Richard Bibesco , George ...
... Robert Bell , Thomas Bendemann , Edward Benedict , Julius Bennett , William Sterndale Berghaus , Henry Berkeley , Hon . Francis , M. P. Berlioz , Hector Bernard , Claude Berryer , Pierre Antoine Bethell , Sir Richard Bibesco , George ...
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... Robert Chambord , Count de • Chancellor , Lord . ( See Campbell ) Changarnier , General . Charles XV . , Louis Eugène . Cheever , George Burritt , D.D. Chelmsford , Lord . Chesney , Major - General Chevalier , Michel Chevalier , Paul ...
... Robert Chambord , Count de • Chancellor , Lord . ( See Campbell ) Changarnier , General . Charles XV . , Louis Eugène . Cheever , George Burritt , D.D. Chelmsford , Lord . Chesney , Major - General Chevalier , Michel Chevalier , Paul ...
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... Robert Dundas , Vice - Admiral . Dundonald , Earl of • 156 . 156 • . 307 . 157 . 157 . 158 • 158 . 158 • 159 • . 159 . 159 . 160 5 160 160 . 161 139 Fould , Achille . 162 • 140 Fox , W. J. , M.P. . . 163 · 141 Francis Joseph I. , Emp ...
... Robert Dundas , Vice - Admiral . Dundonald , Earl of • 156 . 156 • . 307 . 157 . 157 . 158 • 158 . 158 • 159 • . 159 . 159 . 160 5 160 160 . 161 139 Fould , Achille . 162 • 140 Fox , W. J. , M.P. . . 163 · 141 Francis Joseph I. , Emp ...
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