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... Heads of 148 Convicts , on board the Convict Ship England , when about to sail for New South Wales in the Spring of 1826. By JAMES SIMPSON , XVII . On the Causes and Cure of Stammering . By ANDREW COMBE ... Head , National and Provincial ,
... Heads of 148 Convicts , on board the Convict Ship England , when about to sail for New South Wales in the Spring of 1826. By JAMES SIMPSON , XVII . On the Causes and Cure of Stammering . By ANDREW COMBE ... Head , National and Provincial ,
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Comprising Forty Articles in the First Five Volumes Robert Cox. XX . Size of Head , National and Provincial , observed by an experienced Hat - Maker of London , Page 158 XXI . On the Size of Hats used by the different Classes of Society ...
Comprising Forty Articles in the First Five Volumes Robert Cox. XX . Size of Head , National and Provincial , observed by an experienced Hat - Maker of London , Page 158 XXI . On the Size of Hats used by the different Classes of Society ...
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... head ; and of course , that although different parts of the brain were de facto the organs of different mental powers , we could never find out that they were so by this mode of exclusively reflecting on consciousness . Phil . Well ...
... head ; and of course , that although different parts of the brain were de facto the organs of different mental powers , we could never find out that they were so by this mode of exclusively reflecting on consciousness . Phil . Well ...
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... head of a celebrated Swede , by name Professor Tornhippson . They bit , -a committee was appointed , a report was drawn up , -and the whole character of the professor was soon made out as completely secundum artem , as Haggart's had ...
... head of a celebrated Swede , by name Professor Tornhippson . They bit , -a committee was appointed , a report was drawn up , -and the whole character of the professor was soon made out as completely secundum artem , as Haggart's had ...
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... heads are there , " says he , " That likeness bear to mine ! " So very like they are indeed , No sage , I'm sure , could know This turnip - head that I have on From those that there do grow . " He pull'd a turnip from the ground ; A ...
... heads are there , " says he , " That likeness bear to mine ! " So very like they are indeed , No sage , I'm sure , could know This turnip - head that I have on From those that there do grow . " He pull'd a turnip from the ground ; A ...
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