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Page 151
... BUSK . 16 , Montagu Street , Portman Square . P.S. - A literary friend , of mixed Anglo - French parentage and domicile , who has looked over my proof , bears out most positively what I have said of women retaining the use of their own ...
... BUSK . 16 , Montagu Street , Portman Square . P.S. - A literary friend , of mixed Anglo - French parentage and domicile , who has looked over my proof , bears out most positively what I have said of women retaining the use of their own ...
Page 189
... BUSK has sent me the following notes on my list at the above reference , which she says I am at liberty to send to you . The only condition which Miss BUSK annexes is that I should state they come from her , which I most willingly do ...
... BUSK has sent me the following notes on my list at the above reference , which she says I am at liberty to send to you . The only condition which Miss BUSK annexes is that I should state they come from her , which I most willingly do ...
Page 190
... BUSK for her interesting notes ? JONATHAN BOUCHIER . Ropley , Alresford . MR . BOUCHIER should consult Barrère's new dictionary of Argot and Slang " ( London , 1887 ) , Gommeux . " There he would find a long article on the subject , and ...
... BUSK for her interesting notes ? JONATHAN BOUCHIER . Ropley , Alresford . MR . BOUCHIER should consult Barrère's new dictionary of Argot and Slang " ( London , 1887 ) , Gommeux . " There he would find a long article on the subject , and ...
Page 216
... BUSK has made I do not know where Dr. Burney's notes first ap - out her case . The difference arose in that she was peared , but perhaps in Valpy's Classical Journal . thinking of custom , and I of legal designation Warton has a long ...
... BUSK has made I do not know where Dr. Burney's notes first ap - out her case . The difference arose in that she was peared , but perhaps in Valpy's Classical Journal . thinking of custom , and I of legal designation Warton has a long ...
Page 235
... BUSK . MYSTERIOUS APPEARANCES IN THE HEAVENS DURING THE SEVENTEETH CENTURY ( 7th S. v . 104 ) . Following up your correspondent's remarks two others of the same kind , one in the seventeenth century and the other in the beginning of the ...
... BUSK . MYSTERIOUS APPEARANCES IN THE HEAVENS DURING THE SEVENTEETH CENTURY ( 7th S. v . 104 ) . Following up your correspondent's remarks two others of the same kind , one in the seventeenth century and the other in the beginning of the ...
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