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OLD BLACK - LETTER BALLADS and BROADSIDES . printed in the Reign of
Queen Elizabeth , between the Years 1559 and 1597 , all of the highest interest
and curiosity , presumed to be unique , and hitherto unknown , Reprinted from
the ...
OLD BLACK - LETTER BALLADS and BROADSIDES . printed in the Reign of
Queen Elizabeth , between the Years 1559 and 1597 , all of the highest interest
and curiosity , presumed to be unique , and hitherto unknown , Reprinted from
the ...
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But even admitting this impro- These particulars will be found in a letter which
bable hypothesis as a fact , who is there to ... The letters form part of the rich are
very natural ; they are produced by , spon- and interesting collection of inedited ...
But even admitting this impro- These particulars will be found in a letter which
bable hypothesis as a fact , who is there to ... The letters form part of the rich are
very natural ; they are produced by , spon- and interesting collection of inedited ...
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In a letter to Count Schomberg , order comanded out of Harwich for ye reliefe of
the Shipp dated October 31 , 1769 , we read : ' Lyberty when shee first came
aground on Balsey Landes , and that I was an eye - witnesse of ye Dammage
web ...
In a letter to Count Schomberg , order comanded out of Harwich for ye reliefe of
the Shipp dated October 31 , 1769 , we read : ' Lyberty when shee first came
aground on Balsey Landes , and that I was an eye - witnesse of ye Dammage
web ...
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I had not supposed that any Bacon's occurs in the Letters from the Cabala , and
in Basil Montagu's edition of Bacon is found one doubted that it was ... another
letter of Bacon's to Burghley , given by “ Oh weep not o'er thy children's tomb .
I had not supposed that any Bacon's occurs in the Letters from the Cabala , and
in Basil Montagu's edition of Bacon is found one doubted that it was ... another
letter of Bacon's to Burghley , given by “ Oh weep not o'er thy children's tomb .
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Manuscript Paper ( letter size ) , ruled or plain , 48. 6d . per ream . Sermon ...
Polished steel Crest Pies , engraved by the first Artists , from 54. ; Monogram , two
letters , from 6s . od .; Ditto , three letters , from 8s . 6d . Address Dies , from 48. od
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Manuscript Paper ( letter size ) , ruled or plain , 48. 6d . per ream . Sermon ...
Polished steel Crest Pies , engraved by the first Artists , from 54. ; Monogram , two
letters , from 6s . od .; Ditto , three letters , from 8s . 6d . Address Dies , from 48. od
.
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