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... complete , such mortal shall be allowed to do so under the subjoined conditions : - 1. He shall provide himself with as much food as he can carry with him . 2. After two days his friends may bring food for him daily , which will be left ...
... complete , such mortal shall be allowed to do so under the subjoined conditions : - 1. He shall provide himself with as much food as he can carry with him . 2. After two days his friends may bring food for him daily , which will be left ...
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... completing the island . An artist next painted horns on the fair deity's forehead and tusks in his mouth . The natives recognised these as emblems of the wild- ness his Diviners had tried to preserve in their otherwise perfect little ...
... completing the island . An artist next painted horns on the fair deity's forehead and tusks in his mouth . The natives recognised these as emblems of the wild- ness his Diviners had tried to preserve in their otherwise perfect little ...
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... Complete Stories : ESTHER'S GLOVE , by R. E. FRANCILLON ; and THE ROMANCE Of Giovanni CALVOTTI , by D. CHRISTIE MURRAY . [ November . THE RUSKIN GRIMM . - Square 8vo , cloth extra , 6s.6d .; gilt edges , 7s . 6d . German Popular Stories ...
... Complete Stories : ESTHER'S GLOVE , by R. E. FRANCILLON ; and THE ROMANCE Of Giovanni CALVOTTI , by D. CHRISTIE MURRAY . [ November . THE RUSKIN GRIMM . - Square 8vo , cloth extra , 6s.6d .; gilt edges , 7s . 6d . German Popular Stories ...
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... Complete . With all the original Il- lustrations . Irving's ( Washington ) Tales of a Traveller . Irving's ( Washington ) Tales of the Alhambra . Jesse's ( Edward ) Scenes and Occupations of Country Life . Lamb's Essays of Elia . Both ...
... Complete . With all the original Il- lustrations . Irving's ( Washington ) Tales of a Traveller . Irving's ( Washington ) Tales of the Alhambra . Jesse's ( Edward ) Scenes and Occupations of Country Life . Lamb's Essays of Elia . Both ...
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... without looking forward with interest to the two that are to follow . " - SATURDAY REVIEW . *** Vols . III . and IV . , completing the work , are now in the press Crown 8vo , cloth extra , gilt , 7s . 12 BOOKS PUBLISHED BY.
... without looking forward with interest to the two that are to follow . " - SATURDAY REVIEW . *** Vols . III . and IV . , completing the work , are now in the press Crown 8vo , cloth extra , gilt , 7s . 12 BOOKS PUBLISHED BY.
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Page 15 - Magna Charta. An exact Facsimile of the Original Document in the British Museum, printed on fine plate paper, nearly 3 feet long by 2 feet wide, with the Arms and Seals emblazoned in Gold and Colours. Price 5s. The Roll of Battle Abbey...
Page 27 - Syntax's (Dr.) Three Tours, in Search of the Picturesque, in Search of Consolation, and in Search of a Wife. With the whole of ROWLANDSON'S droll page Illustrations, in Colours, and Life of the Author by JC HOTTEN.
Page 8 - Greenwood's Wilds of London: Descriptive Sketches, from Personal Observations and Experience, of Remarkable Scenes, People, and Places in London.
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Page 3 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.
Page 26 - Signboards : Their History. With Anecdotes of Famous Taverns and Remarkable Characters. By JACOB LARWOOD and JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN. With nearly 100 Illustrations.