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... pounds ; a hit , perhaps , at Shakspeare himself , whom throughout he alludes to by the name of " Shake- scene . " Mr. Collier has also discovered , in the Duke of Devonshire's collection of the designs of Inigo Jones , a description of ...
... pounds ; a hit , perhaps , at Shakspeare himself , whom throughout he alludes to by the name of " Shake- scene . " Mr. Collier has also discovered , in the Duke of Devonshire's collection of the designs of Inigo Jones , a description of ...
Page 128
... pounds , a larger sum than had hitherto been paid on account of any mask at court , towards the charge of one to be presented before his Majesty at Whitehall , on the following Shrovetide . † The extinction of the monarchy was the ...
... pounds , a larger sum than had hitherto been paid on account of any mask at court , towards the charge of one to be presented before his Majesty at Whitehall , on the following Shrovetide . † The extinction of the monarchy was the ...
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... pounds . He left an en- dowment of ten thousand pounds to the institution in Aberdeen known by the name of Robert Gordon's Hospital . Is not this heroism ? XXII . PUNNING UPON NAMES , OR SPECIMENS OF MONKISH WIT . ALEXANDER NEQUAM ...
... pounds . He left an en- dowment of ten thousand pounds to the institution in Aberdeen known by the name of Robert Gordon's Hospital . Is not this heroism ? XXII . PUNNING UPON NAMES , OR SPECIMENS OF MONKISH WIT . ALEXANDER NEQUAM ...
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... pounds sterling ) , besides his board for six months he worked at it ; " to which she generously added two cart - loads of wood for fuel , for the poor painter to warm himself during the winter , a few bushels of wheat , and a fat pig ...
... pounds sterling ) , besides his board for six months he worked at it ; " to which she generously added two cart - loads of wood for fuel , for the poor painter to warm himself during the winter , a few bushels of wheat , and a fat pig ...
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... pounds with one set of weights . Sup- pose , for example , we wish to know what is the smallest set of weights which will do for any number of pounds under one hundred . The common system of arithmetic shows that nine ten - pound ...
... pounds with one set of weights . Sup- pose , for example , we wish to know what is the smallest set of weights which will do for any number of pounds under one hundred . The common system of arithmetic shows that nine ten - pound ...
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