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... " " " C. It is also commonly agreed that of a dout is wrong . " Often dout " seems to me at present the least unsatisfactory . if we prefer the second meaning , " Rutter " 4 [ 12 S. V. JAN . , 1919 . NOTES AND QUERIES .
... " " " C. It is also commonly agreed that of a dout is wrong . " Often dout " seems to me at present the least unsatisfactory . if we prefer the second meaning , " Rutter " 4 [ 12 S. V. JAN . , 1919 . NOTES AND QUERIES .
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... present time , when many prisoners of war are returning from Ger- many , the following letter to Lord Barring ton , Secretary at War ( now preserved at the Public Record Office under the heading War Office , 1/977 " ) , will be read ...
... present time , when many prisoners of war are returning from Ger- many , the following letter to Lord Barring ton , Secretary at War ( now preserved at the Public Record Office under the heading War Office , 1/977 " ) , will be read ...
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... present time , when many prisoners of war are returning from Ger- many , the following letter to Lord Barring ton , Secretary at War ( now preserved at the Public Record Office under the heading ' War Office , 1/977 " ) , will be read ...
... present time , when many prisoners of war are returning from Ger- many , the following letter to Lord Barring ton , Secretary at War ( now preserved at the Public Record Office under the heading ' War Office , 1/977 " ) , will be read ...
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... present - day conventions and environments , they were doubtless many ) , was a patriot who believed , as , indeed , he wrote , " that man not worthy to live at all who for fear of danger or death shunneth his country's service or his ...
... present - day conventions and environments , they were doubtless many ) , was a patriot who believed , as , indeed , he wrote , " that man not worthy to live at all who for fear of danger or death shunneth his country's service or his ...
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... present Wha sits in heauenlie gloire . Than when ze sie the crucifix Give prayse to Christ ( I say , 3e guid and constant catholiks In hymnes and cantiques ay ) , Wha be his figure on the croce Presents unto our eies His woundis , his ...
... present Wha sits in heauenlie gloire . Than when ze sie the crucifix Give prayse to Christ ( I say , 3e guid and constant catholiks In hymnes and cantiques ay ) , Wha be his figure on the croce Presents unto our eies His woundis , his ...
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