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... historical lane , which is said to have been the route of the cart of the char- coal burner Purkiss , when carrying the corpse of the Red King to Winchester . So averred , on the authority of his grand- mother 62 AN OLD WOMAN'S OUTLOOK.
... historical lane , which is said to have been the route of the cart of the char- coal burner Purkiss , when carrying the corpse of the Red King to Winchester . So averred , on the authority of his grand- mother 62 AN OLD WOMAN'S OUTLOOK.
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... history . The machine - breaking did not affect these parts to any great extent , as well as I remem- ber , but the Reform Bill riots made them- selves felt . We were from home at the time , and only heard of bands of men being stirred ...
... history . The machine - breaking did not affect these parts to any great extent , as well as I remem- ber , but the Reform Bill riots made them- selves felt . We were from home at the time , and only heard of bands of men being stirred ...
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... is doomed , for acts of cruelty , to be devoured by a starling . At every stage of his history all the birds cry out ' Berni- quet for the starling ! ' But he takes no warning , and is finally eaten up by an enor 78 AN OLD WOMAN'S OUTLOOK.
... is doomed , for acts of cruelty , to be devoured by a starling . At every stage of his history all the birds cry out ' Berni- quet for the starling ! ' But he takes no warning , and is finally eaten up by an enor 78 AN OLD WOMAN'S OUTLOOK.
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... history , beginning— William the First , for his valour well known , By the battle of Hastings ascended the throne ; His Acts were all made in the Norman tongue , And at eight every evening the curfew was rung , At which every subject ...
... history , beginning— William the First , for his valour well known , By the battle of Hastings ascended the throne ; His Acts were all made in the Norman tongue , And at eight every evening the curfew was rung , At which every subject ...
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... historical association . It is full of little cells in which reside the larvæ of the gall - fly . There , unless loyalty brings them to an untimely end , they will live upon the fleshy part , become pupæ , and finally make their way out ...
... historical association . It is full of little cells in which reside the larvæ of the gall - fly . There , unless loyalty brings them to an untimely end , they will live upon the fleshy part , become pupæ , and finally make their way out ...
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