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JAMES LANDELLS . print and other engravings , were sold by Shirley to the late
Martin Colnaghi , for fifty guineas . From him , NICHOLAS MANN . - Over the
entrance to the chapel. e. to. the. chapel. the. drawing. that. obtained. the.
JAMES LANDELLS . print and other engravings , were sold by Shirley to the late
Martin Colnaghi , for fifty guineas . From him , NICHOLAS MANN . - Over the
entrance to the chapel. e. to. the. chapel. the. drawing. that. obtained. the.
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7 . hundred guineas ; and for each of the latter , four hunThis unlucky contre -
tems seems to place it before 1679 , 6 : dred guineas . the latest date that Dr .
Smith has noticed on any other Some distaste on the part of Mr . Broadhurst ,
induced ...
7 . hundred guineas ; and for each of the latter , four hunThis unlucky contre -
tems seems to place it before 1679 , 6 : dred guineas . the latest date that Dr .
Smith has noticed on any other Some distaste on the part of Mr . Broadhurst ,
induced ...
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The practice of strewiug and planting roses on and The jury looked at the judge ,
then looked at each other , ab : | about the graves was a custom religiously
observed by until the attorney put a guinea into each man ' s hand , the Greeks
and ...
The practice of strewiug and planting roses on and The jury looked at the judge ,
then looked at each other , ab : | about the graves was a custom religiously
observed by until the attorney put a guinea into each man ' s hand , the Greeks
and ...
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and. thick. HOW TO STAY A LADY ' S TONGUE . lips ; they are however very
superior to the Negroes of the West , or Guinea coast , though barbarians of a low
ABERNETHY , the late surgeon , abhorred ladies of in - grade , having no
religious ...
and. thick. HOW TO STAY A LADY ' S TONGUE . lips ; they are however very
superior to the Negroes of the West , or Guinea coast , though barbarians of a low
ABERNETHY , the late surgeon , abhorred ladies of in - grade , having no
religious ...
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Gray ' s assignment sold for 24 , 1753 , received a further sum of fifty guineas ,
which eight guineas . with one hundred and ten guineas already received , was
Burke ' s early history as an author was long involved in ful discharge of the five
first ...
Gray ' s assignment sold for 24 , 1753 , received a further sum of fifty guineas ,
which eight guineas . with one hundred and ten guineas already received , was
Burke ' s early history as an author was long involved in ful discharge of the five
first ...
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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, 1855 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 9 Nov 2007 |
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