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... addressed to them “ KENTISH FIRE . " - Will any readers of ' N. & Q. ' tell us what is meant exactly by this expression ? Various and somewhat contradictory statements have come under our notice , and in newspapers remote from Kent it ...
... addressed to them “ KENTISH FIRE . " - Will any readers of ' N. & Q. ' tell us what is meant exactly by this expression ? Various and somewhat contradictory statements have come under our notice , and in newspapers remote from Kent it ...
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... address from the University to thought worthy of record and preservation Leo XIII . and the Pope's reply may be in ' N. & Q. ' : - Pontifici Maximo Viro Sanctissimo Reverendissimo Eruditissimo Leoni XIII . Universitas tota Glasgu- ensis ...
... address from the University to thought worthy of record and preservation Leo XIII . and the Pope's reply may be in ' N. & Q. ' : - Pontifici Maximo Viro Sanctissimo Reverendissimo Eruditissimo Leoni XIII . Universitas tota Glasgu- ensis ...
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... address of the sender , not necessarily for pub . lication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot undertake ... addressed to " The Editor of Notes and Queries " " -Advertise- ments and Business Letters to " The Publisher " - at ...
... address of the sender , not necessarily for pub . lication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot undertake ... addressed to " The Editor of Notes and Queries " " -Advertise- ments and Business Letters to " The Publisher " - at ...
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... address , which has appeared in print . To most men of science the reported achieve- ments of the " dowser " are on a par with the rogueries of Sir Walter Scott's Douster- swivel , but both men of science and folk- lorists will be ...
... address , which has appeared in print . To most men of science the reported achieve- ments of the " dowser " are on a par with the rogueries of Sir Walter Scott's Douster- swivel , but both men of science and folk- lorists will be ...
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... addressed to the Standard on 1 April : - SIR , It is well known that Dr. Parr used to boast that he knew who was the author of " Junius . " The late Dr. Whorwood , rector of Willoughby , near Daventry - who was for many years a resident ...
... addressed to the Standard on 1 April : - SIR , It is well known that Dr. Parr used to boast that he knew who was the author of " Junius . " The late Dr. Whorwood , rector of Willoughby , near Daventry - who was for many years a resident ...
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