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... gives an account of several books which were printed at Mentz , and affirms that they were from the press of Gutenberg ; but this assertion was completely disproved by Mr ... give them 2 [ 10th S. I. JAN . 2 , 1904 . NOTES AND QUERIES .
... gives an account of several books which were printed at Mentz , and affirms that they were from the press of Gutenberg ; but this assertion was completely disproved by Mr ... give them 2 [ 10th S. I. JAN . 2 , 1904 . NOTES AND QUERIES .
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... give them nothing but Manuals and Psalters or Breviaries , and for their private use he could supply them with German works of devotion , as none of the nuns can be supposed to understand Latin . The small volume now before me becomes ...
... give them nothing but Manuals and Psalters or Breviaries , and for their private use he could supply them with German works of devotion , as none of the nuns can be supposed to understand Latin . The small volume now before me becomes ...
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... give virtutis perhaps means of force , " and opere the first verse as supplied by CUTHBERT is " of , i.e. by necessity , " that is " willy nilly . " A similar expression is probably to be found in many books written between the time of ...
... give virtutis perhaps means of force , " and opere the first verse as supplied by CUTHBERT is " of , i.e. by necessity , " that is " willy nilly . " A similar expression is probably to be found in many books written between the time of ...
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... give a few more facts . The Dominican monk Julian , who brought the first tidings of their approach to Hungary in 1237 , calls them Tartari . According to Matthew Paris , " Dicuntur autem Tartari a quodam flumine per montes eorum , quos ...
... give a few more facts . The Dominican monk Julian , who brought the first tidings of their approach to Hungary in 1237 , calls them Tartari . According to Matthew Paris , " Dicuntur autem Tartari a quodam flumine per montes eorum , quos ...
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... give him battle ...... and when he had won the victory not a soul was left on live that he did not slay . For he ... gives no reference to John Aubrey ( whom he calls John Audley ) , it may be worth while to record that the story to ...
... give him battle ...... and when he had won the victory not a soul was left on live that he did not slay . For he ... gives no reference to John Aubrey ( whom he calls John Audley ) , it may be worth while to record that the story to ...
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