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 PublisherG. Willis, 1855 |
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... Church bell inscriptions , 31 . Churches , positions of ? 37 . Cibber's Apology , 90 . Claude's Judgment of Paris ? 98 . Clean shave , 58 . Closing of Churchyards , 94 . Coffee - house civilities , 4 . Coleridge , inedited letters , 53 ...
... Church bell inscriptions , 31 . Churches , positions of ? 37 . Cibber's Apology , 90 . Claude's Judgment of Paris ? 98 . Clean shave , 58 . Closing of Churchyards , 94 . Coffee - house civilities , 4 . Coleridge , inedited letters , 53 ...
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... church doors were shut ; Charles remained some time in the coffin , then rose , and retired to his cell , where he spent the night in solitary meditation . This sad ceremony is supposed to have hastened his dissolu- tion , as he is ...
... church doors were shut ; Charles remained some time in the coffin , then rose , and retired to his cell , where he spent the night in solitary meditation . This sad ceremony is supposed to have hastened his dissolu- tion , as he is ...
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... Church appointed the Nativity to be a high day , and a holyday ; and not having specific in- formation , as to the exact period of our Lord's birth , December 25 was fixed on , as being more likely than any other to be the correct day ...
... Church appointed the Nativity to be a high day , and a holyday ; and not having specific in- formation , as to the exact period of our Lord's birth , December 25 was fixed on , as being more likely than any other to be the correct day ...
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... church , and who had charge of the pall ? ' Dear old Dorset ' has more than one instance of The Case is altered ... churches , as well as the Companies halls , appear formerly to have had palls for funereal purposes . The vestry minute ...
... church , and who had charge of the pall ? ' Dear old Dorset ' has more than one instance of The Case is altered ... churches , as well as the Companies halls , appear formerly to have had palls for funereal purposes . The vestry minute ...
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... church having been anciently dedicated to St. Mary , this inn was then probably a sort of religious out - house appurtenant , perhaps a refectory , where the jolly priors and monks experimentally studied their anti - dry - rot specifics ...
... church having been anciently dedicated to St. Mary , this inn was then probably a sort of religious out - house appurtenant , perhaps a refectory , where the jolly priors and monks experimentally studied their anti - dry - rot specifics ...
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