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... Written in ink after Blenheim , " " by Rob Southey Esq ' . " 66 [ 1809 ? ] The miller of Gloucestershire . To which is added , The happy workman . Hadding- ton : printed for the booksellers . No date . 12mo , 8 pp . Not in B.M. G. ...
... Written in ink after Blenheim , " " by Rob Southey Esq ' . " 66 [ 1809 ? ] The miller of Gloucestershire . To which is added , The happy workman . Hadding- ton : printed for the booksellers . No date . 12mo , 8 pp . Not in B.M. G. ...
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... written by Charles Dibdin or William Pitt ? The first verse is : - : - One night came on a hurricane , The sea was mountains rolling , When Barney Buntline slewed his quid , And said to Billy Bowline : 66 A strong nor wester ' s blowing ...
... written by Charles Dibdin or William Pitt ? The first verse is : - : - One night came on a hurricane , The sea was mountains rolling , When Barney Buntline slewed his quid , And said to Billy Bowline : 66 A strong nor wester ' s blowing ...
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... written " Besides the above papers and documents , the by Paul Jones to his relations in Scotland , from the time that he was a ship - boy at Whitehaven [ i.e. in 1759 ] till he died an Admiral in the Russian Service and the wearer of ...
... written " Besides the above papers and documents , the by Paul Jones to his relations in Scotland , from the time that he was a ship - boy at Whitehaven [ i.e. in 1759 ] till he died an Admiral in the Russian Service and the wearer of ...
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... written the name and address of the sender , not necessarily for pub- lication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We beg leave to state that we decline to return communications which , for any reason , we do not print , and to this ...
... written the name and address of the sender , not necessarily for pub- lication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We beg leave to state that we decline to return communications which , for any reason , we do not print , and to this ...
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... written on one side only . The paper was made in 1803 , but the play was probably put together considerably later . The style points to this conclusion , while certain refer- ences to contemporary events and personages support such a ...
... written on one side only . The paper was made in 1803 , but the play was probably put together considerably later . The style points to this conclusion , while certain refer- ences to contemporary events and personages support such a ...
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