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... died 1869. " Could this be the Capel Lofft alluded to by Byron in English Bards and Scotch Re- viewers ' as " The Mæcenas of shoemakers and preface writer general to distressed versemen , " & c . , and whom Dr. Raven mentions , in his ...
... died 1869. " Could this be the Capel Lofft alluded to by Byron in English Bards and Scotch Re- viewers ' as " The Mæcenas of shoemakers and preface writer general to distressed versemen , " & c . , and whom Dr. Raven mentions , in his ...
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... died unmarried the above reference information was sought con- on 19 July , 1737. See Chester's Westminster cerning this judge , who died in 1856 , but no In the Abbey Registers , ' G. E. C.'s ' Complete Peerage , ' answers seem to have ...
... died unmarried the above reference information was sought con- on 19 July , 1737. See Chester's Westminster cerning this judge , who died in 1856 , but no In the Abbey Registers , ' G. E. C.'s ' Complete Peerage , ' answers seem to have ...
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... died in 1853 ( only a year afterwards ) , Sir John Jervis in 1856 , and the decease of the latter is thus alluded to in the Prologue to the Westminster Play of that year- the Andria ' : - Verum et ipsa victimas Pax habet , et nostris ...
... died in 1853 ( only a year afterwards ) , Sir John Jervis in 1856 , and the decease of the latter is thus alluded to in the Prologue to the Westminster Play of that year- the Andria ' : - Verum et ipsa victimas Pax habet , et nostris ...
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... died a victim of charity during the plague at pres in 1667. Father Mathieux is described in the above work as " of the Matagon family . " What family was this ? M. CUPPLESTOWN IN IRELAND . - For some time I have been striving to get at ...
... died a victim of charity during the plague at pres in 1667. Father Mathieux is described in the above work as " of the Matagon family . " What family was this ? M. CUPPLESTOWN IN IRELAND . - For some time I have been striving to get at ...
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... died 1679 . Twickenham . G. T. SHERBORN . BROWNING AS A PREACHER . - Dean Farrar , in his sermon at Marylebone Parish Church , might have said that those of the congregation who , on leaving the church , walked westwards would presently ...
... died 1679 . Twickenham . G. T. SHERBORN . BROWNING AS A PREACHER . - Dean Farrar , in his sermon at Marylebone Parish Church , might have said that those of the congregation who , on leaving the church , walked westwards would presently ...
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