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... Lord Vivian , and heard from him that it was his intention to back Lord Rosebery's horse , because he had dreamt that he saw the primrose and rose - hoops borne to victory in the race which they were on their road to witness . Acting ...
... Lord Vivian , and heard from him that it was his intention to back Lord Rosebery's horse , because he had dreamt that he saw the primrose and rose - hoops borne to victory in the race which they were on their road to witness . Acting ...
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... Lord Vivian's letter adds very much to the inexplicable element in the story . In the shape in which the " Daily Telegraph " originally put it , there was nothing at all in the dream but what it was quite reasonable for anyone to ...
... Lord Vivian's letter adds very much to the inexplicable element in the story . In the shape in which the " Daily Telegraph " originally put it , there was nothing at all in the dream but what it was quite reasonable for anyone to ...
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... Lord Vivian could not recall ever having heard of such a horse , without recourse to hypothesis of an unverified and as yet purely conjectural kind ? ' The writer of the article in the Spectator ' proceeds to offer such an explanation ...
... Lord Vivian could not recall ever having heard of such a horse , without recourse to hypothesis of an unverified and as yet purely conjectural kind ? ' The writer of the article in the Spectator ' proceeds to offer such an explanation ...
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... lord of the soil , but was the free work of the inhabitants of Boston . Margaret Tylney gave five pounds towards the building , and two others gave similar sums , which were the largest amounts contributed ; all the rest was made up of ...
... lord of the soil , but was the free work of the inhabitants of Boston . Margaret Tylney gave five pounds towards the building , and two others gave similar sums , which were the largest amounts contributed ; all the rest was made up of ...
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... Lord Hussey was granted to the corporation of Boston , and they sold and took away much of a venerable old mansion called Hussey Hall , but a great pile of gabled buildings was removed in 1780 , and various articles both before and ...
... Lord Hussey was granted to the corporation of Boston , and they sold and took away much of a venerable old mansion called Hussey Hall , but a great pile of gabled buildings was removed in 1780 , and various articles both before and ...
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