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Page 54
... viii . 11 ) . Beverly Whiting was admitted to the Middle Temple on Sept. 8 , 1722 , as the son and heir of Henry Whiting ( American Historical Review , vol . xxv . p . 683 ) . He afterwards became the godfather of George Washington ...
... viii . 11 ) . Beverly Whiting was admitted to the Middle Temple on Sept. 8 , 1722 , as the son and heir of Henry Whiting ( American Historical Review , vol . xxv . p . 683 ) . He afterwards became the godfather of George Washington ...
Page 76
... viii . 31 ) .- An instance of this prevalent confusion occurs in the last sentence of the fifth paragraph of chap . xxix . in 1 James Payn's novel ' By Proxy , ' first published in 1878. The most satisfactory explanation of the error ...
... viii . 31 ) .- An instance of this prevalent confusion occurs in the last sentence of the fifth paragraph of chap . xxix . in 1 James Payn's novel ' By Proxy , ' first published in 1878. The most satisfactory explanation of the error ...
Page 78
... viii . 29 ) .— It looks very much as if Carlyle has made a mistake , for Billaud - Varennes was banished to Sinnamari , which is near Cayenne , and the Surinam is in Dutch Guiana far away . Were there an ocean- current flowing eastward ...
... viii . 29 ) .— It looks very much as if Carlyle has made a mistake , for Billaud - Varennes was banished to Sinnamari , which is near Cayenne , and the Surinam is in Dutch Guiana far away . Were there an ocean- current flowing eastward ...
Page 97
... viii . 49 ) . -What your inquirer needs will probably be found in the issues of the Parker Society , 1847-55 . This private Society was rather short - lived and long ago disbanded . Though its publications , all in funereal black cloth ...
... viii . 49 ) . -What your inquirer needs will probably be found in the issues of the Parker Society , 1847-55 . This private Society was rather short - lived and long ago disbanded . Though its publications , all in funereal black cloth ...
Page 99
... viii . 50 ) .- Should not this word be " couter " ? A couter is a common slang word for a sovereign , being derived , according to the ' Slang Dictionary ( John Camden Hotten , London , 1869 ) from the Danubian Gipsy word cuta , a gold ...
... viii . 50 ) .- Should not this word be " couter " ? A couter is a common slang word for a sovereign , being derived , according to the ' Slang Dictionary ( John Camden Hotten , London , 1869 ) from the Danubian Gipsy word cuta , a gold ...
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