My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... probably interest a large number of readers . I had indeed promised to write some account of my early life for the information of my son and daughter , but this would have been of very limited scope , and would probably not have been ...
... probably interest a large number of readers . I had indeed promised to write some account of my early life for the information of my son and daughter , but this would have been of very limited scope , and would probably not have been ...
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... probably have been a daughter , or perhaps niece , of the admiral . Here , then , we have four Wallaces buried in the same church as that in which my grandfather was married , and of which place he was a resident at the time . As ...
... probably have been a daughter , or perhaps niece , of the admiral . Here , then , we have four Wallaces buried in the same church as that in which my grandfather was married , and of which place he was a resident at the time . As ...
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... ( probably with his brother George , who is also buried at Laleham ) , I can only conjecture from the following facts : Baron Vere of Hanworth is one of the titles of the Dukes of St. Albans since 1750 , when Vere Beauclerc , third son of ...
... ( probably with his brother George , who is also buried at Laleham ) , I can only conjecture from the following facts : Baron Vere of Hanworth is one of the titles of the Dukes of St. Albans since 1750 , when Vere Beauclerc , third son of ...
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... probably lodged while pur- suing his legal studies , it being near the Inns of Court and at the same time almost in the country . He seems , however , never to have practised law , since he came into property which gave him an income of ...
... probably lodged while pur- suing his legal studies , it being near the Inns of Court and at the same time almost in the country . He seems , however , never to have practised law , since he came into property which gave him an income of ...
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... probably my grandfather's , is the following charade , the answer to which is not given , but it is worth preserving for its style : - " My first's the proud but hapless Child of danger , Parent of highest honours and of woe ; Too long ...
... probably my grandfather's , is the following charade , the answer to which is not given , but it is worth preserving for its style : - " My first's the proud but hapless Child of danger , Parent of highest honours and of woe ; Too long ...
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