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... head being covered with a linnen veile , and the same hanging very low . " CONSTANCE RUSSELL . Swallowfield Park , Reading . P.S. - In CUTHBERT BEDE'S interesting note , 7th S. iv . 441 , “ Wisham " should be Wishaw . I think MR . W. T. ...
... head being covered with a linnen veile , and the same hanging very low . " CONSTANCE RUSSELL . Swallowfield Park , Reading . P.S. - In CUTHBERT BEDE'S interesting note , 7th S. iv . 441 , “ Wisham " should be Wishaw . I think MR . W. T. ...
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... head of partition Australia , comprehending. Sir M. H. Denham DE V. PAYEN - PAYNE . generally known as major . was his cousin . Short notices of Major Dixon Denham are given by Rose and Thomson Cooper , and in Michaud's ' Biographie ...
... head of partition Australia , comprehending. Sir M. H. Denham DE V. PAYEN - PAYNE . generally known as major . was his cousin . Short notices of Major Dixon Denham are given by Rose and Thomson Cooper , and in Michaud's ' Biographie ...
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Alexander Dalrymple proposed another head of partition Australia , comprehending the dis- coveries at a distance from America to the east- ward ( which , by the way , existed only on old maps ) . The term " Australia Incognita " is used ...
Alexander Dalrymple proposed another head of partition Australia , comprehending the dis- coveries at a distance from America to the east- ward ( which , by the way , existed only on old maps ) . The term " Australia Incognita " is used ...
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... head of Lord Howe , surrounded by the words " 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 ...
... head of Lord Howe , surrounded by the words " 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 ...
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... head the second communication " Duplicate . " G. - Madame de Merteuil , after whom you inquire , is in Les Liaisons Dangereuse , ' of P. F. Choderlos de 2 Laclos , a very sad product of the last century , of which an English translation ...
... head the second communication " Duplicate . " G. - Madame de Merteuil , after whom you inquire , is in Les Liaisons Dangereuse , ' of P. F. Choderlos de 2 Laclos , a very sad product of the last century , of which an English translation ...
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