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... probably a variant ) , with the usual corruptions in spelling of the early days . Primero is actually a Spanish word , meaning " first " or " chief . " The earliest writer mentioning the game is an Italian named Francesco Berni ( or ...
... probably a variant ) , with the usual corruptions in spelling of the early days . Primero is actually a Spanish word , meaning " first " or " chief . " The earliest writer mentioning the game is an Italian named Francesco Berni ( or ...
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... ( probably about 1. a week ) . MSS . of Sir William Boswell , English resi- All the facts can be gathered from the dent at The Hague ( Add . MS . 6394 ) . addition to the ministers of the town churches , there were two chaplains to the ...
... ( probably about 1. a week ) . MSS . of Sir William Boswell , English resi- All the facts can be gathered from the dent at The Hague ( Add . MS . 6394 ) . addition to the ministers of the town churches , there were two chaplains to the ...
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... probably the charity mentioned in the Parlia are incorrectly stated to have been applied to the use of the poor . " This is I cannot hear of similar payments , and I shall be glad if any reader of N. & Q. ' can say if these charges ...
... probably the charity mentioned in the Parlia are incorrectly stated to have been applied to the use of the poor . " This is I cannot hear of similar payments , and I shall be glad if any reader of N. & Q. ' can say if these charges ...
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... probably belonged to the Abbey . " The words he says ] were intended for a leonine verse , but the founder has made a blunder , and placed two words out of order . Founders often made such blunders , putting letters upside down . The ...
... probably belonged to the Abbey . " The words he says ] were intended for a leonine verse , but the founder has made a blunder , and placed two words out of order . Founders often made such blunders , putting letters upside down . The ...
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... Probably the Seven , Six , and a Court card of the same suit . 6 surmises that it was introduced into England by Philip of Spain when he came over to marry Queen Mary in 1554. He was aware from the Sydney Papers ' that the game was ...
... Probably the Seven , Six , and a Court card of the same suit . 6 surmises that it was introduced into England by Philip of Spain when he came over to marry Queen Mary in 1554. He was aware from the Sydney Papers ' that the game was ...
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Page 410 - But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs, which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between; But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
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