The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 3G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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... thing to be repeated . " From school he was sent to Sydney College , Cam- bridge , where Winstanley tells us he met with an in- cident which gave great strength to his boyish pre- possession . The play of Lingua , by Anthony Brewer ...
... thing to be repeated . " From school he was sent to Sydney College , Cam- bridge , where Winstanley tells us he met with an in- cident which gave great strength to his boyish pre- possession . The play of Lingua , by Anthony Brewer ...
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Original and Select. that it was the first thing which really fired his soul with ambition , and excited him from the possession of an imaginary throne , to stretch his views to the con- quest of a real ... thing which really fired his ...
Original and Select. that it was the first thing which really fired his soul with ambition , and excited him from the possession of an imaginary throne , to stretch his views to the con- quest of a real ... thing which really fired his ...
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... thing which could reconcile us to the death of so noble an animal . Colonel S- - , an old and very keen Indian sportsman , declared , that he had never seen or heard of any thing equal to this day's sport . " SLIDE OF ALPNACH . For many ...
... thing which could reconcile us to the death of so noble an animal . Colonel S- - , an old and very keen Indian sportsman , declared , that he had never seen or heard of any thing equal to this day's sport . " SLIDE OF ALPNACH . For many ...
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