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486 ) .genuine Spanish , being a corruption of Latin Adverting to the editorial
query , I further ask , manicula , with a dozen meanings , somewhat allied Is it not
the universal practice of the members of to our word manacle . It appears certain
...
486 ) .genuine Spanish , being a corruption of Latin Adverting to the editorial
query , I further ask , manicula , with a dozen meanings , somewhat allied Is it not
the universal practice of the members of to our word manacle . It appears certain
...
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Let each note , query , in Naples ' forms the seventh article on “ The Poor in Great
Cities . " The illustrations to this are admirable . - or reply be written on a separate
slip of paper , with the The frontispiece to the Century con - ists of a portrait of ...
Let each note , query , in Naples ' forms the seventh article on “ The Poor in Great
Cities . " The illustrations to this are admirable . - or reply be written on a separate
slip of paper , with the The frontispiece to the Century con - ists of a portrait of ...
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Mr . Peter did he suppose that a knowledge of Sir Isaac Cunningham , or a
contributor to Notes and Queries , may Newton ' s account of that beautiful
phenomenon be able to inform us . " would cool his poetic zeal ? Apparently he
did , What I ...
Mr . Peter did he suppose that a knowledge of Sir Isaac Cunningham , or a
contributor to Notes and Queries , may Newton ' s account of that beautiful
phenomenon be able to inform us . " would cool his poetic zeal ? Apparently he
did , What I ...
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Though the words are would not have written his query without pre - not given as
a quotation , the ' N . E . D . ' accepts vious reference to the ' N . E . D . ' for
information this as an early use of the word busby . As it on both , and that he is ...
Though the words are would not have written his query without pre - not given as
a quotation , the ' N . E . D . ' accepts vious reference to the ' N . E . D . ' for
information this as an early use of the word busby . As it on both , and that he is ...
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THE Roy AL Scots GREYs (8° S. ii. 509).The concluding lines contain a query
respecting the colour sorrel. Annandale says the origin of the word is doubtful,
but the colour is a reddish or yellow brown, and was formerly applied to a horse;
also, ...
THE Roy AL Scots GREYs (8° S. ii. 509).The concluding lines contain a query
respecting the colour sorrel. Annandale says the origin of the word is doubtful,
but the colour is a reddish or yellow brown, and was formerly applied to a horse;
also, ...
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