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... Office ( for which Twopence shall be charged ) , that the book is required in the Li- brary ; and if the book shall not be returned within twenty - four hours after the posting of the note , a fine of Twopence per night shall be exacted ...
... Office ( for which Twopence shall be charged ) , that the book is required in the Li- brary ; and if the book shall not be returned within twenty - four hours after the posting of the note , a fine of Twopence per night shall be exacted ...
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... - DECEMBER , 1884 . LONDON : PUBLISHED AT THE OFFICE , 20 , WELLINGTON STREET , STRAND , W.C. BY JOHN C. FRANCIS . of the Minor Poems , " " bringing out Chaucer's Index Supplement to the Notes and Queries , with No. 265 , Jan. 24 , 1885 .
... - DECEMBER , 1884 . LONDON : PUBLISHED AT THE OFFICE , 20 , WELLINGTON STREET , STRAND , W.C. BY JOHN C. FRANCIS . of the Minor Poems , " " bringing out Chaucer's Index Supplement to the Notes and Queries , with No. 265 , Jan. 24 , 1885 .
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... office answering to the Vice- Master at Trinity — and Public Orator . Dr. Frederick Thackeray , I am informed in a letter from the Rev. H. Russell , Fellow of St. John's , kindly enclosed to me by the Master of St. John's , lived in a ...
... office answering to the Vice- Master at Trinity — and Public Orator . Dr. Frederick Thackeray , I am informed in a letter from the Rev. H. Russell , Fellow of St. John's , kindly enclosed to me by the Master of St. John's , lived in a ...
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... Office not unnaturally form a conspicuous feature . The speci men given of the new Peerage , by G. E. C. , is of interest , as showing something of the line adopted by its author . work by a single instalment , there is enough before us ...
... Office not unnaturally form a conspicuous feature . The speci men given of the new Peerage , by G. E. C. , is of interest , as showing something of the line adopted by its author . work by a single instalment , there is enough before us ...
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... Office , 20 , Wellington Street , Strand , London , W.C. We beg leave to state that we decline to return com . munications which , for any reason , we do not print ; and to this rule we can make no exception . LONDON , SATURDAY , JULY ...
... Office , 20 , Wellington Street , Strand , London , W.C. We beg leave to state that we decline to return com . munications which , for any reason , we do not print ; and to this rule we can make no exception . LONDON , SATURDAY , JULY ...
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Page 13 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Page 436 - Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation : 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.
Page 314 - WEEP, daughter of a royal line, A Sire's disgrace, a realm's decay ; Ah ! happy if each tear of thine Could wash a father's fault away ! Weep — for thy tears are Virtue's tears — Auspicious to these suffering isles J And be each drop in future years Repaid thee by thy people's smiles ! March, lSI1 THE CHAIN I GAVE.
Page 178 - There was a good number entertained with good cheer by the chamberlain ; and after dinner they went to hunting the fox : there was a great cry for a mile, and at length the hounds killed him at the end of St. Giles's.
Page 352 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
Page 6 - Thus having said, the gallant chiefs alight, Their hands they join, their mutual faith they plight ; Brave Glaucus then each narrow thought resign'd, (Jove warm'd his bosom, and enlarged his mind,) For Diomed's brass arms, of mean device, For which nine oxen paid, (a vulgar price,) He gave his own, of gold divinely wrought," A hundred beeves the shining purchase bought.
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