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... mentioned as appro- of Cassel may be regarded as an instructive , and priate to be shown or mentioned to a scold or ais probably by no means an extraordinary , illus- callet " ; and the Horatian fenum habet in cornu , meaning he is an ...
... mentioned as appro- of Cassel may be regarded as an instructive , and priate to be shown or mentioned to a scold or ais probably by no means an extraordinary , illus- callet " ; and the Horatian fenum habet in cornu , meaning he is an ...
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... mention this saint . ] G. AND H. CABOT , OF BOSTON . - In the bio- graphy of C. Sumner , by Pierce , in vol . i . pp ... mentioned in a note as being ( circa 1790 ) in the British Museum . I am told it is not in the Museum now , and ...
... mention this saint . ] G. AND H. CABOT , OF BOSTON . - In the bio- graphy of C. Sumner , by Pierce , in vol . i . pp ... mentioned in a note as being ( circa 1790 ) in the British Museum . I am told it is not in the Museum now , and ...
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... mentioning this curious fact to a nurseryman , he said that the Datura came up occasionally in his grounds , and had ... mentioned in Scrip- ture as coming up with the wheat , really appear as if an enemy had done this " spitefully . But ...
... mentioning this curious fact to a nurseryman , he said that the Datura came up occasionally in his grounds , and had ... mentioned in Scrip- ture as coming up with the wheat , really appear as if an enemy had done this " spitefully . But ...
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... mentioned by your corre- Clarendon is the Life he wrote of himself , as spondent , who will find fuller particulars in Le Neve's Pedigrees of Knights , 454 ; Halsted's best edition is that of 1875 , 2 vols . , 8vo . , printed a ...
... mentioned by your corre- Clarendon is the Life he wrote of himself , as spondent , who will find fuller particulars in Le Neve's Pedigrees of Knights , 454 ; Halsted's best edition is that of 1875 , 2 vols . , 8vo . , printed a ...
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... mentioned little vol . , thinking it might supply an item about this notability in the direction required , but have been disappointed ; nevertheless , as it is a curiosity , perhaps you may deem it worth a niche in " N. & Q ...
... mentioned little vol . , thinking it might supply an item about this notability in the direction required , but have been disappointed ; nevertheless , as it is a curiosity , perhaps you may deem it worth a niche in " N. & Q ...
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