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... land , and if MR . STROTHER desires to see them , he can ask at the door of the parlour , and one of the servants will show them . HENRY H. GIBBS . AWNE : Own : ONE ( 6th S. viii . 247 , 457 ) .— I have examined a copy of the book of ...
... land , and if MR . STROTHER desires to see them , he can ask at the door of the parlour , and one of the servants will show them . HENRY H. GIBBS . AWNE : Own : ONE ( 6th S. viii . 247 , 457 ) .— I have examined a copy of the book of ...
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... Land ; and says it was thought that passed into the hands of the men of Magonia . He mentions an occasion on which he came across three unlucky strangers whom the people had caught in his own neighbourhood and accused of having dropped ...
... Land ; and says it was thought that passed into the hands of the men of Magonia . He mentions an occasion on which he came across three unlucky strangers whom the people had caught in his own neighbourhood and accused of having dropped ...
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... land ( or city ) of Theseus , " meaning , of course , the pick of the people there . C. M. I. Athenæum Club . I am grateful to the gentlemen who have come to my assistance . Their kindness is by no means lessened by the fact that ...
... land ( or city ) of Theseus , " meaning , of course , the pick of the people there . C. M. I. Athenæum Club . I am grateful to the gentlemen who have come to my assistance . Their kindness is by no means lessened by the fact that ...
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... land in the dingle . Cf. Nettlestead ( Kent and Suffolk ) , Nettlebed ( Oxon ) , Nettleden ( Bucks ) , Nettleham ( Linc . ) , Nettleton ( Linc . and Wilts ) . Newton St. Loe ( Newetona ) .- For the family of St. Loe see Collinson's ...
... land in the dingle . Cf. Nettlestead ( Kent and Suffolk ) , Nettlebed ( Oxon ) , Nettleden ( Bucks ) , Nettleham ( Linc . ) , Nettleton ( Linc . and Wilts ) . Newton St. Loe ( Newetona ) .- For the family of St. Loe see Collinson's ...
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... land " can mean no other than the Commander - in- now governs the sword of Eng- chief of the Forces of the Parliament . This post was filled by Sir Thomas Fairfax ( the third Lord ) from February 4 , 1645 , until June 25 , 1650 , when ...
... land " can mean no other than the Commander - in- now governs the sword of Eng- chief of the Forces of the Parliament . This post was filled by Sir Thomas Fairfax ( the third Lord ) from February 4 , 1645 , until June 25 , 1650 , when ...
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