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... question , because Rocco alone could not carry them away ; still more , I say that I think the aforesaid M. Guerra was the contriver of the whole affair , and I say so believing it to be the truth . " The unfortunate Count Cenci has ...
... question , because Rocco alone could not carry them away ; still more , I say that I think the aforesaid M. Guerra was the contriver of the whole affair , and I say so believing it to be the truth . " The unfortunate Count Cenci has ...
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... question . Alice , eldest daughter and co - heiress of Sir Edward Apsley , and sister to the Edward Apsley who died a bachelor , did marry Sir John Butler , son and heir of Sir Oliver Butler , of Teston , Kent , who , however , died ...
... question . Alice , eldest daughter and co - heiress of Sir Edward Apsley , and sister to the Edward Apsley who died a bachelor , did marry Sir John Butler , son and heir of Sir Oliver Butler , of Teston , Kent , who , however , died ...
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... question been set at rest for ever ? If Dumas is to be trusted , in a matter of which proof can be easily obtained , there are now original documents in the archives at Naples , taken from the Royal Palace in 1860 - where he copied them ...
... question been set at rest for ever ? If Dumas is to be trusted , in a matter of which proof can be easily obtained , there are now original documents in the archives at Naples , taken from the Royal Palace in 1860 - where he copied them ...
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... question of summoning certain peers to the above Parliament : - " The like question may be made of the Lord Bourke , of Castleconnell , whose elder brother has a son living , and by his friends called Lord Bourke . His uncle alleges ...
... question of summoning certain peers to the above Parliament : - " The like question may be made of the Lord Bourke , of Castleconnell , whose elder brother has a son living , and by his friends called Lord Bourke . His uncle alleges ...
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... question of a man losing his head , as in the play at Fon- tainebleau . In Measure for Measure ( Act i . sc . 2 ) Claudio's head , according to Lucio , stands " so ticklish on his shoulders that a milkmaid , if she be in love , may sigh ...
... question of a man losing his head , as in the play at Fon- tainebleau . In Measure for Measure ( Act i . sc . 2 ) Claudio's head , according to Lucio , stands " so ticklish on his shoulders that a milkmaid , if she be in love , may sigh ...
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