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... LADY BREWSTER . " In consideration of the eminent services rendered to science by her late husband , Sir David Brewster . 2001. " Sir David Brewster , 1781-1868 ( ' D.N.B. , ' vol . vi . ) . 1869 , April 5th ( W. E. Gladstone ) . MRS ...
... LADY BREWSTER . " In consideration of the eminent services rendered to science by her late husband , Sir David Brewster . 2001. " Sir David Brewster , 1781-1868 ( ' D.N.B. , ' vol . vi . ) . 1869 , April 5th ( W. E. Gladstone ) . MRS ...
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... LADY BREWSTER . " In consideration of the eminent services rendered to science by her late husband , Sir David Brewster . 2001. " Sir David Brewster , 1781-1868 ( ' D.N.B. , ' vol . vi . ) . 1869 , April 5th ( W. E. Gladstone ) . MRS ...
... LADY BREWSTER . " In consideration of the eminent services rendered to science by her late husband , Sir David Brewster . 2001. " Sir David Brewster , 1781-1868 ( ' D.N.B. , ' vol . vi . ) . 1869 , April 5th ( W. E. Gladstone ) . MRS ...
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66 * I like to la - di - da with the ladies , For that is the style that suits The noble name and glorious fame the drama ... lady serio - comic at the old Winchester - which , by the way , was , I be- lieve , the first music - hall , as ...
66 * I like to la - di - da with the ladies , For that is the style that suits The noble name and glorious fame the drama ... lady serio - comic at the old Winchester - which , by the way , was , I be- lieve , the first music - hall , as ...
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... Lady Sherborne - was pur- chased in 1551 by Thomas Dutton . Branches of the family settled in Yorkshire , Staffordshire , and Denbighshire , and individuals of the name are heard of in various posts of danger or authority . Sir Piers ...
... Lady Sherborne - was pur- chased in 1551 by Thomas Dutton . Branches of the family settled in Yorkshire , Staffordshire , and Denbighshire , and individuals of the name are heard of in various posts of danger or authority . Sir Piers ...
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... Lady Morgan , Madame d'Arblay , the Miss Berrys , Rogers , Sydney Smith , the Duke of Welling- ton , & c . Prof. Beeching is , we are positively told , though we doubted it not before , the author spondents must observe the following ...
... Lady Morgan , Madame d'Arblay , the Miss Berrys , Rogers , Sydney Smith , the Duke of Welling- ton , & c . Prof. Beeching is , we are positively told , though we doubted it not before , the author spondents must observe the following ...
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