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... no sense has been made of the whole inscription , but its internal evidence is
quite sufficient to prove it not a forgery . Southwick , near Oundle , Jan . 15 . T . R .
Brown . AN MAN - the A . S . MISQUOTATION . - Butler makes the knight while ...
... no sense has been made of the whole inscription , but its internal evidence is
quite sufficient to prove it not a forgery . Southwick , near Oundle , Jan . 15 . T . R .
Brown . AN MAN - the A . S . MISQUOTATION . - Butler makes the knight while ...
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... who inherited his lands , but not Through the whole of the ninety articles of
accusation his office , which passed to the family de Sulis , with against him , not
a single allusion is made to any act of whom it seems to have become hereditary
.
... who inherited his lands , but not Through the whole of the ninety articles of
accusation his office , which passed to the family de Sulis , with against him , not
a single allusion is made to any act of whom it seems to have become hereditary
.
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The whole Academy at Vienna , are employed in illustrating a Missal , intended
TOMB OF JULIET AT VERONA . to be presented to the Empress . VERONA , the
birth - place of Pliny and Catullus , has LETTERS from Weimar announce the ...
The whole Academy at Vienna , are employed in illustrating a Missal , intended
TOMB OF JULIET AT VERONA . to be presented to the Empress . VERONA , the
birth - place of Pliny and Catullus , has LETTERS from Weimar announce the ...
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... in which situation Duppa saw it in 1822 . confession calculated to draw on me
the contemptuous When placed there , it was whole , and the upper edge en . pity
of every antiquary in Italy . tire ; but the votaries of Shakespeare had even then ...
... in which situation Duppa saw it in 1822 . confession calculated to draw on me
the contemptuous When placed there , it was whole , and the upper edge en . pity
of every antiquary in Italy . tire ; but the votaries of Shakespeare had even then ...
Page 17
... named Bedford but that edifice not being finished or consecrated till House ,
with an extensive fore court for carriages , to - late in 1638 , the statue was ,
possibly from some politiwards the Strand , and a large garden behind , the
whole cal ...
... named Bedford but that edifice not being finished or consecrated till House ,
with an extensive fore court for carriages , to - late in 1638 , the statue was ,
possibly from some politiwards the Strand , and a large garden behind , the
whole cal ...
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Page 84 - This faded form! this pallid hue! This blood my veins is clotting in, My years are many — they were few When first I entered at the U— — niversity of Gottingen — — niversity of Gottingen.
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Page 66 - He received me very courteously; but, it must be confessed, that his apartment, and furniture, and morning dress, were sufficiently uncouth. His brown suit of clothes looked very rusty; he had on a little old shrivelled unpowdered wig, which was too small for his head; his shirt-neck and knees of his breeches were loose; his black worsted stockings ill drawn up ; and he had a pair of unbuckled shoes by way of slippers.
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| Title | Willis's Current Notes: A Series of Articles on Antiquities, Biography, Heraldry, History, Language, Literature, Natural History, Topography, &c. Selected from Original Letters and Documents Addressed During the Year ... to the Publisher Willis's Current Notes: A Series of Articles on Antiquities, Biography, Heraldry, History, Language, Literature, Natural History, Topography, &c. Selected from Original Letters and Documents Addressed During the Year ... to the Publisher, George Willis |
| Author | George Willis |
| Publisher | G. Willis, 1856 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 9 Nov 2007 |
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