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...ever a most horrible infamy. ... A great number of them which purchased those superstitious mansions reserved of those library books, some to serve their...and some to rub their boots. Some they sold to the grossers and soap sellers, & some they sent over sea to the bookbinders, not in small number, but at... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1837 - 602 pages
...A great number," he says, " of them which purchased these superstitious mansions, reserved of these library books some to serve their Jakes, some to scour...rub their boots. Some they sold to the grocers and soap-sellers, and some they sent over sea to the bookbinders, not in small number, but at times whole... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1850 - 572 pages
...those superstitious mansions, preserved of those library books some to serve their jacks, some to serve their candlesticks, and some to rub their boots, some they sold to the grocers and soapsellers, and some they sent over sea to the bookbinders, not in small number, but at times whole... | |
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A great number of them which purchased those superstitious mansions, reserved of those library books, some to serve their Jakes, some to scour their candlesticks, and some to rub their boots. Some they sold to the grocers and soap sellers, and some they... 
