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... British Government remaining firm , an apology was subsequently made to MR . MATHER , and 1000 francesconi A Sweeping Reformer . - LORD ST . LEONARDS , formerly ( about £ 250 ) awarded as a compensation . SIR EDWARD Sugden . Don't Sing ...
... British Government remaining firm , an apology was subsequently made to MR . MATHER , and 1000 francesconi A Sweeping Reformer . - LORD ST . LEONARDS , formerly ( about £ 250 ) awarded as a compensation . SIR EDWARD Sugden . Don't Sing ...
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... British troops is objected to by the financial economists in peace , and in war by the enemy . FAST DAYS . THR following are the pri cipal Fast Days during the usual current year : - Days of Calls to the Bar , when young gentlemen are ...
... British troops is objected to by the financial economists in peace , and in war by the enemy . FAST DAYS . THR following are the pri cipal Fast Days during the usual current year : - Days of Calls to the Bar , when young gentlemen are ...
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... British Museum . Blind - man's - buff was introduced by JOAN OF ARC , at that eventful epoch recorded in METHUSELAI's well- known Conundrum : " Where was NOAH when the candle went out ? " The Beef Eaters of the Tower are almost ...
... British Museum . Blind - man's - buff was introduced by JOAN OF ARC , at that eventful epoch recorded in METHUSELAI's well- known Conundrum : " Where was NOAH when the candle went out ? " The Beef Eaters of the Tower are almost ...
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... British public , are aware that the article in question the law or stealing . In these days , when highway robberies are almost happens to be one of the most formidable means that our army employs unknown , it is intolerable that acts ...
... British public , are aware that the article in question the law or stealing . In these days , when highway robberies are almost happens to be one of the most formidable means that our army employs unknown , it is intolerable that acts ...
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... British soldier will , it is hoped , not be lost on Head Quarters ; if those quarters contain as much brain as they are commonly presumed to be endowed with . In every engagement , superiority depends upon weight of man and metal ; it ...
... British soldier will , it is hoped , not be lost on Head Quarters ; if those quarters contain as much brain as they are commonly presumed to be endowed with . In every engagement , superiority depends upon weight of man and metal ; it ...
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Page 198 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below, As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow...
Page 93 - Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes : Those scraps are good deeds past ; which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done...
Page 34 - Purchase one not over big ; Coarse ones are not worth a fig ; So a young one buy. See that he is scalded well (That is done by those who sell), Therefore on that point to dwell Were absurdity. Sage and bread, mix just enough, Salt and pepper quantum suff., And the pig's interior stuff, With the whole combined.