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... Father's Counsel to his Son , 1678 , 12mo ... .... Pag 167 , 331 292 185 .... 281 349 439 507 489 426 121 329 9 510 336 87 284 305 502 497 17 19 106 278 34 338 89 515 130 320 W. Laycock's proposed Plan for buying scarce Books and ...
... Father's Counsel to his Son , 1678 , 12mo ... .... Pag 167 , 331 292 185 .... 281 349 439 507 489 426 121 329 9 510 336 87 284 305 502 497 17 19 106 278 34 338 89 515 130 320 W. Laycock's proposed Plan for buying scarce Books and ...
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... father's papers , given to me forty years ago , by Dr. Zachary Grey , containing bundles of gazettes , & c . translated . I think he was a Jersey man . " Cole . He first married Miss Boys of Hode Court , and was many years Head Master ...
... father's papers , given to me forty years ago , by Dr. Zachary Grey , containing bundles of gazettes , & c . translated . I think he was a Jersey man . " Cole . He first married Miss Boys of Hode Court , and was many years Head Master ...
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... father , being possessed largely of all those accomplishments , which adorn the fine Gentleman , without the pedantry , or conceit of a scholar , to which title he has most undoubted pretensions . " V. Spectator , No. 261 , v . iv . p ...
... father , being possessed largely of all those accomplishments , which adorn the fine Gentleman , without the pedantry , or conceit of a scholar , to which title he has most undoubted pretensions . " V. Spectator , No. 261 , v . iv . p ...
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... father was born , and educated in St. Paul's school , as he told me he then gave me a printed bill to find his shop , if I wanted any thing in his way . He has since printed a book on heraldry . " [ I suppose Mr. Cole means a new ...
... father was born , and educated in St. Paul's school , as he told me he then gave me a printed bill to find his shop , if I wanted any thing in his way . He has since printed a book on heraldry . " [ I suppose Mr. Cole means a new ...
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... father is a Knight in Warwickshire , and would have him into the country to settle there , he being his only son . Mr. Barrow saith , that he never knew a gentleman of such an ardour after real knowledge and learning ; and of such ...
... father is a Knight in Warwickshire , and would have him into the country to settle there , he being his only son . Mr. Barrow saith , that he never knew a gentleman of such an ardour after real knowledge and learning ; and of such ...
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