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... given in Lamb's Dramatic Specimens . It sug- gested Cowley's Latin play , Naufragium Joculare . EIRIONNACH . " ORIGINES PAROCHIALES SCOTIE . " - Can any of your correspondents tell me whether there is any chance of this most interesting ...
... given in Lamb's Dramatic Specimens . It sug- gested Cowley's Latin play , Naufragium Joculare . EIRIONNACH . " ORIGINES PAROCHIALES SCOTIE . " - Can any of your correspondents tell me whether there is any chance of this most interesting ...
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... given by your correspondent MR . W. H. TURNER of Dighton's caricature portraits of Oxford characters , being in several instances inaccurate , I send you what I believe is a more correct report of the subjects of them : A View from ...
... given by your correspondent MR . W. H. TURNER of Dighton's caricature portraits of Oxford characters , being in several instances inaccurate , I send you what I believe is a more correct report of the subjects of them : A View from ...
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... given number of feet above the sea , the distance seen in miles will be the square root of the number of feet ... given and the distance is to be ascertained , as in F. G. W.'s query . Any mathematician could prove its approximation to ...
... given number of feet above the sea , the distance seen in miles will be the square root of the number of feet ... given and the distance is to be ascertained , as in F. G. W.'s query . Any mathematician could prove its approximation to ...
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... given in the vulgar proverb of the present day to one's grandmother , is a different question . It seems probable that it may be a quotation from some early dramatist , French or Italian , which became a catch - word ; but if it is ...
... given in the vulgar proverb of the present day to one's grandmother , is a different question . It seems probable that it may be a quotation from some early dramatist , French or Italian , which became a catch - word ; but if it is ...
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... given to their favours . " N.B. J. BOFFIN will feel obliged if persons obtaining the Gold Rings will favour him with their names . " Temple . W. J. BERNHARD SMITH . W.R.SPENSER ( 3rd S. ix . 531 . ) - There are found to be wheels within ...
... given to their favours . " N.B. J. BOFFIN will feel obliged if persons obtaining the Gold Rings will favour him with their names . " Temple . W. J. BERNHARD SMITH . W.R.SPENSER ( 3rd S. ix . 531 . ) - There are found to be wheels within ...
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