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... Edward's was on the south side of Blue Boar Lane , for its site is now also included in Christ Church ( Peshall ) . Four of the existing Oxford parishes of ancient origin are not named - St . Ebbe , St. Peter in the Baily , St. Mary ...
... Edward's was on the south side of Blue Boar Lane , for its site is now also included in Christ Church ( Peshall ) . Four of the existing Oxford parishes of ancient origin are not named - St . Ebbe , St. Peter in the Baily , St. Mary ...
Page 48
... EDWARD R. VYVYAN . " DICK KITCAT . " - In the various notices that have come under my observation relative to the recent death of Richard Doyle , the artist , I have not seen any mention of his ever having adopted the pseudonym of ...
... EDWARD R. VYVYAN . " DICK KITCAT . " - In the various notices that have come under my observation relative to the recent death of Richard Doyle , the artist , I have not seen any mention of his ever having adopted the pseudonym of ...
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... EDWARD SOLLY . This is most probably Bosom's Inn , vide Dr. Brewer's Phrase and Fable , which says , " Bosom's Inn , a public - house sign in St. Lawrence's Lane , London ; a corruption of ' Blossom's Inn , ' as it is now called , in ...
... EDWARD SOLLY . This is most probably Bosom's Inn , vide Dr. Brewer's Phrase and Fable , which says , " Bosom's Inn , a public - house sign in St. Lawrence's Lane , London ; a corruption of ' Blossom's Inn , ' as it is now called , in ...
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... EDWARD H. MARSHALL , M.A. nelius Brown , who was on the literary staff of the paper , and he conducted it , and made selections , which he published towards the close of that year under the title of Notes about Notts , and I issued a ...
... EDWARD H. MARSHALL , M.A. nelius Brown , who was on the literary staff of the paper , and he conducted it , and made selections , which he published towards the close of that year under the title of Notes about Notts , and I issued a ...
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... EDWARD H. MARSHALL , M.A. Every one has heard the stockjobbers ' slang about bulls and bears , bulling the market and bearing it . came from the proverb of " Selling the skin before Dr. Warton says the latter terms you have caught the ...
... EDWARD H. MARSHALL , M.A. Every one has heard the stockjobbers ' slang about bulls and bears , bulling the market and bearing it . came from the proverb of " Selling the skin before Dr. Warton says the latter terms you have caught the ...
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