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... viii . 513 ) .— The diffi- culty of this phrase is not in the fellowship , but in the a . Here a is not the indefinite article , but the M.E. prep . a , short for an , which is the more correct form of on , and signifies ( as often in ...
... viii . 513 ) .— The diffi- culty of this phrase is not in the fellowship , but in the a . Here a is not the indefinite article , but the M.E. prep . a , short for an , which is the more correct form of on , and signifies ( as often in ...
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... viii . 495 ) . -P . Turnerelli , not Turnevelli , exhibited a bust of Col. Burr at the Royal Academy in 1809 , No. 788. Peter Turnerelli was born in 1774 at Bel- Elizabeth John de la Pole , Earl Edward IV . of Suffolk . fast . He was ...
... viii . 495 ) . -P . Turnerelli , not Turnevelli , exhibited a bust of Col. Burr at the Royal Academy in 1809 , No. 788. Peter Turnerelli was born in 1774 at Bel- Elizabeth John de la Pole , Earl Edward IV . of Suffolk . fast . He was ...
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... viii , 539 , & c . ' Perfida qua tellus Casiis excurrit arenis Et vada testantur junctas Ægyptia syrtes . " " Hume ... viii . 79 . S. C. - A Mad World , My Masters , is the title of a comedy by Thomas ] Middleton ] , acted by the ...
... viii , 539 , & c . ' Perfida qua tellus Casiis excurrit arenis Et vada testantur junctas Ægyptia syrtes . " " Hume ... viii . 79 . S. C. - A Mad World , My Masters , is the title of a comedy by Thomas ] Middleton ] , acted by the ...
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... viii . , and begins : - " No longer now He slays the lamb that looks him in the face , And horribly devours his mangled flesh , Which , still avenging nature's broken law , Kindled all putrid humours in his frame . " I have an edition ...
... viii . , and begins : - " No longer now He slays the lamb that looks him in the face , And horribly devours his mangled flesh , Which , still avenging nature's broken law , Kindled all putrid humours in his frame . " I have an edition ...
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... viii . 51 ) . infinitive includes the Eng . to , and SIR J. A. - My knowledge of Lockhart's paper on Greek PICTON'S mistake seems to have arisen from his tragedy , in which was the passage resembling , and being unaware of this fact ...
... viii . 51 ) . infinitive includes the Eng . to , and SIR J. A. - My knowledge of Lockhart's paper on Greek PICTON'S mistake seems to have arisen from his tragedy , in which was the passage resembling , and being unaware of this fact ...
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