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... issue Edward and Roger . Was Robert Parker , who lived in the reign of Charles II . , lineally descended from either of these ? C. C. DOVE . " BOS LOCUTUS EST . " - Will any reader explain the origin of this phrase in the sense in which ...
... issue Edward and Roger . Was Robert Parker , who lived in the reign of Charles II . , lineally descended from either of these ? C. C. DOVE . " BOS LOCUTUS EST . " - Will any reader explain the origin of this phrase in the sense in which ...
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... issue . I have no preconceived theories on the subject ; all I want is evidence to support this well - attested statement . As for the three dukes , I showed in my last communication on the subject that there was good reason for ...
... issue . I have no preconceived theories on the subject ; all I want is evidence to support this well - attested statement . As for the three dukes , I showed in my last communication on the subject that there was good reason for ...
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... issue of which all travellers in the paths that he has trodden hail with gratitude . But the statement that the word comes to us through the music - halls must be modified to the effect that its use in the refrain of a music - hall song ...
... issue of which all travellers in the paths that he has trodden hail with gratitude . But the statement that the word comes to us through the music - halls must be modified to the effect that its use in the refrain of a music - hall song ...
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... issue of Oct. 23 , 1794. Can any reader of ' N. & Q. ' inform me up to what date decapitation , after death by hanging , of criminals convicted of high treason continued ? Was this ceremony in vogue in Scotland after it ceased to be ...
... issue of Oct. 23 , 1794. Can any reader of ' N. & Q. ' inform me up to what date decapitation , after death by hanging , of criminals convicted of high treason continued ? Was this ceremony in vogue in Scotland after it ceased to be ...
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... a difference , as I endeavoured to show in my article which you were good enough to insert in your issue of October 20 . word will not , it is certain , commend itself 30 [ 8th S. VII . JAN . 12 , '95 . NOTES AND QUERIES .
... a difference , as I endeavoured to show in my article which you were good enough to insert in your issue of October 20 . word will not , it is certain , commend itself 30 [ 8th S. VII . JAN . 12 , '95 . NOTES AND QUERIES .
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