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... curious and interesting things not readily accessible , and deals in some fashion with almost everything that is connected with " book . " Due allowance must be made for the enthusiasm of the collector , who from the days of the ...
... curious and interesting things not readily accessible , and deals in some fashion with almost everything that is connected with " book . " Due allowance must be made for the enthusiasm of the collector , who from the days of the ...
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... curious . My father flung down the money as quick as lightning , took Bruscambille into his bosom , hyed home from Piccadilly to Cole- man Street with it , as he would have hyed home with a treasure , without taking his hand once off ...
... curious . My father flung down the money as quick as lightning , took Bruscambille into his bosom , hyed home from Piccadilly to Cole- man Street with it , as he would have hyed home with a treasure , without taking his hand once off ...
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... curious works ' was sold at the beginning of the century for upwards of £ 6000 , almost daily visited the bookstalls between Piccadilly and Mile End - a rather extensive range - and generally re- turned from these excursions with his ...
... curious works ' was sold at the beginning of the century for upwards of £ 6000 , almost daily visited the bookstalls between Piccadilly and Mile End - a rather extensive range - and generally re- turned from these excursions with his ...
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... curious literary relics of a bygone age , and come down after an hour's examination covered with dust and cobwebs , sending for a bun to take the place of his usual luncheon . He was not ashamed 1 to act as his own porter , and , like 6 ...
... curious literary relics of a bygone age , and come down after an hour's examination covered with dust and cobwebs , sending for a bun to take the place of his usual luncheon . He was not ashamed 1 to act as his own porter , and , like 6 ...
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... curious to think of scholars " wise and old " issuing their profoundest lucubrations in volumes about the size of a small Prayer - Book or Pocket Testament ; but such was the fashion . Long histories , such as Strada On the Belgian War ...
... curious to think of scholars " wise and old " issuing their profoundest lucubrations in volumes about the size of a small Prayer - Book or Pocket Testament ; but such was the fashion . Long histories , such as Strada On the Belgian War ...
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