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... once been conferred on an ass , one Dr. Pitcairn ! The Doctor in his turn might have quoted a precedent of even a higher title , that of Consul , conferred by an obsequious Senate upon a Roman Emperor's horse ! It has been recorded that ...
... once been conferred on an ass , one Dr. Pitcairn ! The Doctor in his turn might have quoted a precedent of even a higher title , that of Consul , conferred by an obsequious Senate upon a Roman Emperor's horse ! It has been recorded that ...
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... once begun ) might well be entertained afresh . A.D. 1792 . The University was at this period in a state of stagnation ; indeed the general interest was absorbed in watching the sad proceedings as to the Royal Family of France , as well ...
... once begun ) might well be entertained afresh . A.D. 1792 . The University was at this period in a state of stagnation ; indeed the general interest was absorbed in watching the sad proceedings as to the Royal Family of France , as well ...
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... once a year with the Vice - Chancellor , and supped annually with the Proctors . * The barbarous Company , successors to the late Barbers ' Company . ' Oxford , ' tis true , no longer harbours Her ancient Company of Barbers ; But still ...
... once a year with the Vice - Chancellor , and supped annually with the Proctors . * The barbarous Company , successors to the late Barbers ' Company . ' Oxford , ' tis true , no longer harbours Her ancient Company of Barbers ; But still ...
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... once from 4s . to Is . 6d . the hundred . ' As the Oxford Canal had not existed more than twenty or thirty years before that time , one is led by the above sad account to ask , ' how our predecessors existed through winters of unusual ...
... once from 4s . to Is . 6d . the hundred . ' As the Oxford Canal had not existed more than twenty or thirty years before that time , one is led by the above sad account to ask , ' how our predecessors existed through winters of unusual ...
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... once the scene of murder , committed in order to cover violence and robbery . In very atrocious cases the convicted murderers were condemned not simply to be hung , but after the execution to be hung in chains on gibbets erected near ...
... once the scene of murder , committed in order to cover violence and robbery . In very atrocious cases the convicted murderers were condemned not simply to be hung , but after the execution to be hung in chains on gibbets erected near ...
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