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... person or thing ) , i.e. , in its actual existence at an earlier date than Wortley Montague's ' Letters , ' ix . 1. 29 . the quotation of 1716 from Lady Mary or occurrence Q. V. Was this Swedenborg ? ALIUSTREL BRONZE TABLES . - In 1876 ...
... person or thing ) , i.e. , in its actual existence at an earlier date than Wortley Montague's ' Letters , ' ix . 1. 29 . the quotation of 1716 from Lady Mary or occurrence Q. V. Was this Swedenborg ? ALIUSTREL BRONZE TABLES . - In 1876 ...
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... person and the works of the Dutch naturalist , inventor and engineer Cornelius Drebbel , who lived about 1604-1625 in England at the court of James I , or concerning his son - in - law , Dr. Abr . Kufler , dyer , at Stratford , Bow . I ...
... person and the works of the Dutch naturalist , inventor and engineer Cornelius Drebbel , who lived about 1604-1625 in England at the court of James I , or concerning his son - in - law , Dr. Abr . Kufler , dyer , at Stratford , Bow . I ...
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... FOLK SAYINGS are not confined to Warwickshire . My mother , a Leicestershire woman ( born near Melton Mowbray ) , would often speak 66 of an idle shiftless person as a poor come 12 S. VIII . JAN . 8 , 1921. ] NOTES AND QUERIES . 35.
... FOLK SAYINGS are not confined to Warwickshire . My mother , a Leicestershire woman ( born near Melton Mowbray ) , would often speak 66 of an idle shiftless person as a poor come 12 S. VIII . JAN . 8 , 1921. ] NOTES AND QUERIES . 35.
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66 of an idle shiftless person as a poor come day , go day , God send Sunday creature . " The saying about apples not causing belly- ache after St. Swithin has christened them I have often heard in South Notts , where , too , the snail ...
66 of an idle shiftless person as a poor come day , go day , God send Sunday creature . " The saying about apples not causing belly- ache after St. Swithin has christened them I have often heard in South Notts , where , too , the snail ...
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... person with little to be his goods and cattle on May 7 following . ' praised . He left a widow and a son by a former wife . There were difficulties to face between the son and his step - mother . This memorandum appears in the will ...
... person with little to be his goods and cattle on May 7 following . ' praised . He left a widow and a son by a former wife . There were difficulties to face between the son and his step - mother . This memorandum appears in the will ...
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