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... late Chief Commissioner of British Burma With Steel Portraits , Chromo - lithographs , and Engravings on Wood . 2 vols . demy 8vo . cloth . RUINED MIDIANITE CITIES . A Fortnight's Tour in North- Western Arabia . By RICHARD F. BURTON ...
... late Chief Commissioner of British Burma With Steel Portraits , Chromo - lithographs , and Engravings on Wood . 2 vols . demy 8vo . cloth . RUINED MIDIANITE CITIES . A Fortnight's Tour in North- Western Arabia . By RICHARD F. BURTON ...
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... late , perhaps , had some excuse for this , since its militia regiment has been named the Aberdeen Highland Light Infantry . Neverthe- less , the city of Aberdeen and more than three- fourths of the county have been for some centuries ...
... late , perhaps , had some excuse for this , since its militia regiment has been named the Aberdeen Highland Light Infantry . Neverthe- less , the city of Aberdeen and more than three- fourths of the county have been for some centuries ...
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... late Dwelling - Cottage near Clerken- dwy - big , Mount two peaks . EARLY BRITAIN . The anonymous geographer of Ravenna has left a list of the British names ( under Latin forms ) of some old British cities and strongholds , but to the ...
... late Dwelling - Cottage near Clerken- dwy - big , Mount two peaks . EARLY BRITAIN . The anonymous geographer of Ravenna has left a list of the British names ( under Latin forms ) of some old British cities and strongholds , but to the ...
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... late Lord Clarendon was his de- scendant . He belonged to the Hydes of Dinton , Wilts . Notices of him occur in Burnet's Hist . of his own Times , and in Evelyn and Pepys . Mayfair . C. A. WARD . CURIOUS CUSTOM ( 5th S. viii . 446 ...
... late Lord Clarendon was his de- scendant . He belonged to the Hydes of Dinton , Wilts . Notices of him occur in Burnet's Hist . of his own Times , and in Evelyn and Pepys . Mayfair . C. A. WARD . CURIOUS CUSTOM ( 5th S. viii . 446 ...
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... late as June 11 in the the year 1598 ; and , though the family knew palace of Cardinal Montalto , at Rome ; and in his inquiries were being made at Petrella , they did evidence , when taken in 1602 , he says he left not attempt flight ...
... late as June 11 in the the year 1598 ; and , though the family knew palace of Cardinal Montalto , at Rome ; and in his inquiries were being made at Petrella , they did evidence , when taken in 1602 , he says he left not attempt flight ...
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