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... lived together in a free - and - easy manner , much to the scandal of the graver inhabitants of the quarter . On the death of Pichon in 1896 his library was dispersed , and the hotel was acquired by the city of Paris . It was in a house ...
... lived together in a free - and - easy manner , much to the scandal of the graver inhabitants of the quarter . On the death of Pichon in 1896 his library was dispersed , and the hotel was acquired by the city of Paris . It was in a house ...
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... that address , as is duly noted in London , Past and Present ' ( i . 400 ) . The house in which Marat lived has not been So soon as Carnegie sees what " unvalued jewels " 9th S. XII . JULY 4 , 1903. ] 71 NOTES AND QUERIES .
... that address , as is duly noted in London , Past and Present ' ( i . 400 ) . The house in which Marat lived has not been So soon as Carnegie sees what " unvalued jewels " 9th S. XII . JULY 4 , 1903. ] 71 NOTES AND QUERIES .
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... lived in Church Street the houses were not numbered , the practice of numbering not having obtained before 1760 , and it was a long time before it became general ; but there were various ways by which houses were distinguished . Dr ...
... lived in Church Street the houses were not numbered , the practice of numbering not having obtained before 1760 , and it was a long time before it became general ; but there were various ways by which houses were distinguished . Dr ...
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... lived in Cheapside and died in Bath in 1790 , " I have turned over the pages of the Bath Chronicle for 1790 and failed to find the name of Beyer among the deaths . Christopher Gilpin did die in that year , but there is no reason for ...
... lived in Cheapside and died in Bath in 1790 , " I have turned over the pages of the Bath Chronicle for 1790 and failed to find the name of Beyer among the deaths . Christopher Gilpin did die in that year , but there is no reason for ...
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Vatican Archives of documents conclusively proving the immortal dramatist to have lived and died a Catholic . ' Is there anything in this ? W. F. P. S. [ See 6th S. x . 334 ; xi . 72. ] of the railway . I think it was published in one ...
Vatican Archives of documents conclusively proving the immortal dramatist to have lived and died a Catholic . ' Is there anything in this ? W. F. P. S. [ See 6th S. x . 334 ; xi . 72. ] of the railway . I think it was published in one ...
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