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... Earl of Carnarvon , Sir John Lubbock , Earl of Rosebery . The Library contains 100,000 Volumes of Ancient and Modern Literature , in various Languages . Subscription , 34. a year without Entrance - fee , or 21. with Entrance- fee of 6 ...
... Earl of Carnarvon , Sir John Lubbock , Earl of Rosebery . The Library contains 100,000 Volumes of Ancient and Modern Literature , in various Languages . Subscription , 34. a year without Entrance - fee , or 21. with Entrance- fee of 6 ...
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... Earl of Morton , at Dal- mahoy . " This , a half - length , portrays a rather pretty woman with a demure aspect . The account which accompanies it , curiously enough , does not contain any notices of either Mary's life or death , which ...
... Earl of Morton , at Dal- mahoy . " This , a half - length , portrays a rather pretty woman with a demure aspect . The account which accompanies it , curiously enough , does not contain any notices of either Mary's life or death , which ...
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... Earl of Morton . The earl was , as is well known , beheaded by the " Maiden " at Edinburgh in 1581 . The date of this picture would be 1567-68 . 66 2. In ' Illustrations of the Works of Sir Walter Scott , ' 1833 , is a portrait of Mary ...
... Earl of Morton . The earl was , as is well known , beheaded by the " Maiden " at Edinburgh in 1581 . The date of this picture would be 1567-68 . 66 2. In ' Illustrations of the Works of Sir Walter Scott , ' 1833 , is a portrait of Mary ...
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... Earl Howe and the Glorious First of June " ; rev . , Britannia seated , with the words " Rule Britannia , " and underneath the seated figure the date 1794 . J. F. MANSERGH . Liverpool . 66 A ' BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF THE STAGE ' had ...
... Earl Howe and the Glorious First of June " ; rev . , Britannia seated , with the words " Rule Britannia , " and underneath the seated figure the date 1794 . J. F. MANSERGH . Liverpool . 66 A ' BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF THE STAGE ' had ...
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... , 3rd son of Henry Earl of Cumberland . " Evidently for " widow " read daughter . H. G. GRIFFINHOOFE . 34 , St. Petersburg Place , W. CONUNDRUM BY WHEWELL ( 7th S. iv . 487 ) 7th 8. V. JAN . 14 , '88 . ] 35 NOTES AND QUERIES .
... , 3rd son of Henry Earl of Cumberland . " Evidently for " widow " read daughter . H. G. GRIFFINHOOFE . 34 , St. Petersburg Place , W. CONUNDRUM BY WHEWELL ( 7th S. iv . 487 ) 7th 8. V. JAN . 14 , '88 . ] 35 NOTES AND QUERIES .
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