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... aged man , and blind was he : And much affliction he had felt , Which brought him unto poverty : He had by Anna , his true wife , One only sonne , and eke no more . ' دو Esther * is still popular in our villages , so is Susan . Hannah ...
... aged man , and blind was he : And much affliction he had felt , Which brought him unto poverty : He had by Anna , his true wife , One only sonne , and eke no more . ' دو Esther * is still popular in our villages , so is Susan . Hannah ...
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... aged 81 years . " She was therefore born in 1633. Her brother ( they were brought up Presbyterians ) was Robert Leighton , who died Archbishop of Glasgow . Drusilla , again , was objectionable , but per- chance her character was less ...
... aged 81 years . " She was therefore born in 1633. Her brother ( they were brought up Presbyterians ) was Robert Leighton , who died Archbishop of Glasgow . Drusilla , again , was objectionable , but per- chance her character was less ...
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... aged 6 years . " - Hawling , Gloucester . But it was only where it was not known as a form of Emma , and possibly both might exist in the same household . I have already furnished Here is another : instances of Hamlet . " The Rev ...
... aged 6 years . " - Hawling , Gloucester . But it was only where it was not known as a form of Emma , and possibly both might exist in the same household . I have already furnished Here is another : instances of Hamlet . " The Rev ...
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... lived till the commencement of the present century : “ April , 1595. Christened Easter , daughter of Thomas Coxe , of Wapping . " - Stepney . " May 27 , 1764. Buried Easter Lewis , aged 96 CURIOSITIES OF PURITAN NOMENCLATURE .
... lived till the commencement of the present century : “ April , 1595. Christened Easter , daughter of Thomas Coxe , of Wapping . " - Stepney . " May 27 , 1764. Buried Easter Lewis , aged 96 CURIOSITIES OF PURITAN NOMENCLATURE .
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Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley. " May 27 , 1764. Buried Easter Lewis , aged 56 years . ” — Lidney , Glouc . " July 27 , 1654. Married Thomas Burton , marriner , and Easter Taylor . " - St . Peter , Cornhill . Epiphany , or Theophania ...
Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley. " May 27 , 1764. Buried Easter Lewis , aged 56 years . ” — Lidney , Glouc . " July 27 , 1654. Married Thomas Burton , marriner , and Easter Taylor . " - St . Peter , Cornhill . Epiphany , or Theophania ...
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