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... interest does it give to The Journal of a Modern Lady ' and ' An Epistle to a Lady who desired the Author to make Verses on her in the Heroic Style , ' when it is known that the lady was the wife of Lord Gosford's ancestor , Sir Arthur ...
... interest does it give to The Journal of a Modern Lady ' and ' An Epistle to a Lady who desired the Author to make Verses on her in the Heroic Style , ' when it is known that the lady was the wife of Lord Gosford's ancestor , Sir Arthur ...
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... interest may be considered the best Cornish collection and information from them con- cerning the county I shall be glad to supply to correspondents of N. & Q. • J. HAMBLEY ROWE . Queries . WE must request correspondents desiring in ...
... interest may be considered the best Cornish collection and information from them con- cerning the county I shall be glad to supply to correspondents of N. & Q. • J. HAMBLEY ROWE . Queries . WE must request correspondents desiring in ...
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... interest the letters of your correspondents . In Mr. W. M. Acworth's delightful book The Railways of England ' it is pointed out that though the early English engineers hesitated to increase the size of the carriages they had no ...
... interest the letters of your correspondents . In Mr. W. M. Acworth's delightful book The Railways of England ' it is pointed out that though the early English engineers hesitated to increase the size of the carriages they had no ...
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... interest contributors at above references to know that in The Bookworm , iv . 336 ( 1891 ) , are thirteen lines commencing : Give me a nook and a book , And let the proud world spin round , giving William Freeland as the author ...
... interest contributors at above references to know that in The Bookworm , iv . 336 ( 1891 ) , are thirteen lines commencing : Give me a nook and a book , And let the proud world spin round , giving William Freeland as the author ...
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... interest of the old church music at Wimborne Minster , and why it is to be found there . I must add that I am indebted for what I have written about the music itself to the notes which were given to me by the Rev. Walter Slater , after ...
... interest of the old church music at Wimborne Minster , and why it is to be found there . I must add that I am indebted for what I have written about the music itself to the notes which were given to me by the Rev. Walter Slater , after ...
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