The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar, Including Anecdote, Biography & History, Curiosities of Literature, and Oddities of Human Life and Character, Volume 2Robert Chambers W. & R. Chambers, 1869 - Anecdotes |
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... became a fair maiden in our eyes ; and the skulking fox , the grim enchanter od 01 8205 robro neflo o envot to that they are diffTarmony of colour y 119 . distinguish from the branches and leaves which they are placed , as they will ...
... became a fair maiden in our eyes ; and the skulking fox , the grim enchanter od 01 8205 robro neflo o envot to that they are diffTarmony of colour y 119 . distinguish from the branches and leaves which they are placed , as they will ...
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... became brackishib The most famous holy well in the three king- doms is undoubtedly that dedicated to St Winifred ( Holywell , Flintshire ) , at whose shrine Giraldus Cambrensis offered his devotions in the twelfth century , when he says ...
... became brackishib The most famous holy well in the three king- doms is undoubtedly that dedicated to St Winifred ( Holywell , Flintshire ) , at whose shrine Giraldus Cambrensis offered his devotions in the twelfth century , when he says ...
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... became eminent as a civil engineer , he was wont to embarrass and baffle the parliamentary counsel on contested rail- way bills , by confuting their statements of figures almost before the words were out of their mouths . In 1856 , he ...
... became eminent as a civil engineer , he was wont to embarrass and baffle the parliamentary counsel on contested rail- way bills , by confuting their statements of figures almost before the words were out of their mouths . In 1856 , he ...
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... became deeply interested in the grand old tree above described , and began July , in order to eat a rustic dinner with a few a practice of resorting to it on the first Friday of friends under its branches . His dinner was com- posed of ...
... became deeply interested in the grand old tree above described , and began July , in order to eat a rustic dinner with a few a practice of resorting to it on the first Friday of friends under its branches . His dinner was com- posed of ...
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... became necessary , of course , that she should pass under his care , and leave Ardoch - a bitter necessity to her ... became Earl of Kellie , and two years later , the title lighted on the shoulders of the husband of Anne Gordon . short ...
... became necessary , of course , that she should pass under his care , and leave Ardoch - a bitter necessity to her ... became Earl of Kellie , and two years later , the title lighted on the shoulders of the husband of Anne Gordon . short ...
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