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... answer the following questions : ( 1 ) Who was its discoverer ? ( 2 ) What is its geological structure ? ( 3 ) Where shall I find a detailed de- scription of it ? ASTARTE . SERVANTS TO KINGS AND QUEENS : STAPLE- FORD : FOUKE . - In St ...
... answer the following questions : ( 1 ) Who was its discoverer ? ( 2 ) What is its geological structure ? ( 3 ) Where shall I find a detailed de- scription of it ? ASTARTE . SERVANTS TO KINGS AND QUEENS : STAPLE- FORD : FOUKE . - In St ...
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... answer , so far as regards Sir Baptist Hicks , that there is no engraving of his portrait now in the Sessions House . When , some years ago , I had a copy in oils taken , I was given permission to do so on the distinct engage- ment on ...
... answer , so far as regards Sir Baptist Hicks , that there is no engraving of his portrait now in the Sessions House . When , some years ago , I had a copy in oils taken , I was given permission to do so on the distinct engage- ment on ...
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... answer 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 ...
... answer 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 ...
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... answer this rest of the world has been imposed on . " One of the authors whom Burke mentions by name as an example is Virgil . Why is Virgil less great now than he was in the days of Burke , or in those of Milton , or in those of ...
... answer this rest of the world has been imposed on . " One of the authors whom Burke mentions by name as an example is Virgil . Why is Virgil less great now than he was in the days of Burke , or in those of Milton , or in those of ...
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... answer . If after nearly two thousand years of unbroken reputation we are to be told that the great poet , of whom Tennyson says that he has " all the chosen coin of fancy flashing out from many a golden phrase , " and that his " ocean ...
... answer . If after nearly two thousand years of unbroken reputation we are to be told that the great poet , of whom Tennyson says that he has " all the chosen coin of fancy flashing out from many a golden phrase , " and that his " ocean ...
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