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... given reasons for thinking that this descent is open to grave doubt . There were about this time so many Sir Thomas Nevills of different families , that it is most difficult to distinguish between them . For instance , 1540 , the date given ...
... given reasons for thinking that this descent is open to grave doubt . There were about this time so many Sir Thomas Nevills of different families , that it is most difficult to distinguish between them . For instance , 1540 , the date given ...
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... given , but without avail . The expected sen- tence was pronounced , " huit jours de prison . " Having served his term , the man was not required to sew the parts up again , but was allowed to keep his bags in walkable condi- tion . I ...
... given , but without avail . The expected sen- tence was pronounced , " huit jours de prison . " Having served his term , the man was not required to sew the parts up again , but was allowed to keep his bags in walkable condi- tion . I ...
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... given by Dunton in his ' Life and Errors . ' See Nichols's edition , 1818 , vol . i . p . 233 . WM . H. PEET . CHURCH SPOONS ( 10th S. iv . 468 ) .- In Lee's ' Directorium Anglicanum ' directions are given that a perforated spoon should ...
... given by Dunton in his ' Life and Errors . ' See Nichols's edition , 1818 , vol . i . p . 233 . WM . H. PEET . CHURCH SPOONS ( 10th S. iv . 468 ) .- In Lee's ' Directorium Anglicanum ' directions are given that a perforated spoon should ...
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... given to the effect that " Bess was really the Dutch word bus , which signifies barrel , and is found in the sixteenth century " harquebus , " a hand gun that took the place of the long bow . No one can find any fault with the above ...
... given to the effect that " Bess was really the Dutch word bus , which signifies barrel , and is found in the sixteenth century " harquebus , " a hand gun that took the place of the long bow . No one can find any fault with the above ...
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... given , in a note by FITZHOPKINS , then a regular contributor to N. & Q. , an extract from a work entitled ' Joseph Jenkins ; or , Leaves from the Life of a Literary Man , ' 3 vols . , London , 1843 , which , for a special reason , I ...
... given , in a note by FITZHOPKINS , then a regular contributor to N. & Q. , an extract from a work entitled ' Joseph Jenkins ; or , Leaves from the Life of a Literary Man , ' 3 vols . , London , 1843 , which , for a special reason , I ...
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Page 171 - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
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