Notes and QueriesOxford University Press, 1886 |
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Page 14
... query , referring to the word axes as employed by Reg . Scot in the ' Discouerie of Witch- craft , ' does not appear to have elicited a reply . The passage in question runs thus : - " He shall not be condemned with false witnesse , nor ...
... query , referring to the word axes as employed by Reg . Scot in the ' Discouerie of Witch- craft , ' does not appear to have elicited a reply . The passage in question runs thus : - " He shall not be condemned with false witnesse , nor ...
Page 17
... query on these terms was not clearly expressed . I have referred to Prof. Skeat's ' Etymological Dictionary , ' but that only tells me what I knew before - that Scochyn , or scutcheon , means escutcheon . Why should a small parish like ...
... query on these terms was not clearly expressed . I have referred to Prof. Skeat's ' Etymological Dictionary , ' but that only tells me what I knew before - that Scochyn , or scutcheon , means escutcheon . Why should a small parish like ...
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... queries privately . To secure insertion of communications correspondents must observe the following rule . Let each note , query , or reply be written on a separate slip of paper , with the signature of the writer and such address as he ...
... queries privately . To secure insertion of communications correspondents must observe the following rule . Let each note , query , or reply be written on a separate slip of paper , with the signature of the writer and such address as he ...
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... query is offered with some diffi-. George Inn , both in the High Street of this town , as they were in the time of Charles I. , during his imprisonment in the island - 1647-8 ? C. A. J. M. AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED.- unfit times ; yet ...
... query is offered with some diffi-. George Inn , both in the High Street of this town , as they were in the time of Charles I. , during his imprisonment in the island - 1647-8 ? C. A. J. M. AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED.- unfit times ; yet ...
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My reply to this query is offered with some diffi- dence - not because I doubt its accuracy , but because I am not able to give authority for it . When the bedstead was a mere box filled with straw , this straw required to be turned ...
My reply to this query is offered with some diffi- dence - not because I doubt its accuracy , but because I am not able to give authority for it . When the bedstead was a mere box filled with straw , this straw required to be turned ...
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