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... called the attention of my friends to this , and one and all agree that such a contraction ought not to appear on a public monument , and that it is in very bad taste . 66 Inner Temple . HARRY B. POLAND . TOWN - PLANNING " ( 11 S. vii ...
... called the attention of my friends to this , and one and all agree that such a contraction ought not to appear on a public monument , and that it is in very bad taste . 66 Inner Temple . HARRY B. POLAND . TOWN - PLANNING " ( 11 S. vii ...
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... called Cecil Castle- maine's Gage , and Other Stories , ' the other ' Beatrice Boville , and Other Stories ; by whom published , and where , I do not know . " 66 Mr. Ian Malcolm's Rothenburg and its Festival , ' 11 S. VIII . JULY 5 ...
... called Cecil Castle- maine's Gage , and Other Stories , ' the other ' Beatrice Boville , and Other Stories ; by whom published , and where , I do not know . " 66 Mr. Ian Malcolm's Rothenburg and its Festival , ' 11 S. VIII . JULY 5 ...
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... called " The Fifth Edition on the title - page , and is dated 1718. The title is an exact replica of that which I have copied from the ' Term Catalogues , ' but the work is complete in two volumes , and it ends with The Story of the ...
... called " The Fifth Edition on the title - page , and is dated 1718. The title is an exact replica of that which I have copied from the ' Term Catalogues , ' but the work is complete in two volumes , and it ends with The Story of the ...
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... called The Wednesday Club . ” Was it at all common to name a club after the day of meeting ? There was a Wednesday Club in existence in the early years of the eighteenth century , the members of which thought their delibera- tions of ...
... called The Wednesday Club . ” Was it at all common to name a club after the day of meeting ? There was a Wednesday Club in existence in the early years of the eighteenth century , the members of which thought their delibera- tions of ...
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... called delle quaglie , as the income was derived partly from quails ensnared in nets when crossing the island en route from Africa to Europe . Incalculably larger is the pay of the head of a Congre- gazione , such as the Propaganda Fide ...
... called delle quaglie , as the income was derived partly from quails ensnared in nets when crossing the island en route from Africa to Europe . Incalculably larger is the pay of the head of a Congre- gazione , such as the Propaganda Fide ...
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Page 132 - WHAT needs my Shakespeare, for his honour'd bones, The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name? Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a livelong monument.
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Page 132 - Shakespear for his honour'd Bones, The labour of an age in piled Stones, Or that his hallow'd reliques should be hid Under a Star-ypointing Pyramid?