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... Illustrations , Second Edition , Post Svo , price 6s . extra cloth ; 6s . 6d . gilt edges . Fresh and racy is the matter brought together .'- Athenæum . ' There is not a chapter in the whole work in which instructive matter is not found ...
... Illustrations , Second Edition , Post Svo , price 6s . extra cloth ; 6s . 6d . gilt edges . Fresh and racy is the matter brought together .'- Athenæum . ' There is not a chapter in the whole work in which instructive matter is not found ...
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... illustrated by very spirited engravings representing the sovereigns and princes whose reigns or biographies were included in them . A great similarity exists in the styles of drawing and the character and cos- tume of all these figures ...
... illustrated by very spirited engravings representing the sovereigns and princes whose reigns or biographies were included in them . A great similarity exists in the styles of drawing and the character and cos- tume of all these figures ...
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... illustration in a little book of our child- hood . The Leeds family preserve the picture of Sir William Hewet , in his habit as Lord Mayor , at Kiveton . House in Yorkshire to this day , valuing it at £ 300 . Pennant describes this ...
... illustration in a little book of our child- hood . The Leeds family preserve the picture of Sir William Hewet , in his habit as Lord Mayor , at Kiveton . House in Yorkshire to this day , valuing it at £ 300 . Pennant describes this ...
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... illustration of the providence of God : ' - ' A little error of the eye , a misguidance of the hands , a slip of the foot , the starting of a horse , a sudden mist or a great shower , or a word undesignedly cast forth in an army , has ...
... illustration of the providence of God : ' - ' A little error of the eye , a misguidance of the hands , a slip of the foot , the starting of a horse , a sudden mist or a great shower , or a word undesignedly cast forth in an army , has ...
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... illustration of the manners and habits of the times . It commences with a list of plate and jewels . Much of the former was adorned with the Hungerford arms , and with the knot of three sickles interlaced , which was used as the family ...
... illustration of the manners and habits of the times . It commences with a list of plate and jewels . Much of the former was adorned with the Hungerford arms , and with the knot of three sickles interlaced , which was used as the family ...
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