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... Richard F. Burton's ' Supplemental Nights ' ; but I find that I have somehow overlooked what now appears to me a very great absurdity in that world - renowned romance , as regards the mode of using the lamp . " " He But there is an ...
... Richard F. Burton's ' Supplemental Nights ' ; but I find that I have somehow overlooked what now appears to me a very great absurdity in that world - renowned romance , as regards the mode of using the lamp . " " He But there is an ...
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... Richard Phillips published in six volumes on March 19 , 1825. I am not sure if it is known " Young Apollo , Laureat supreme , but conferring Bays of a new Model , on a Laureat elect , to encourage him . " - Ibid . , p . 88 . " Poet ...
... Richard Phillips published in six volumes on March 19 , 1825. I am not sure if it is known " Young Apollo , Laureat supreme , but conferring Bays of a new Model , on a Laureat elect , to encourage him . " - Ibid . , p . 88 . " Poet ...
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... Sir Robert Abdy , Knt . He be- gan the penny post in April , 1680 ( not 1683 as here ) . Pp . 145-6 . Richard Baxter calls John Dod " " brave , disdaine not those that are base 22 [ 7th S. VII . JAN . 12 , '89 . NOTES AND QUERIES .
... Sir Robert Abdy , Knt . He be- gan the penny post in April , 1680 ( not 1683 as here ) . Pp . 145-6 . Richard Baxter calls John Dod " " brave , disdaine not those that are base 22 [ 7th S. VII . JAN . 12 , '89 . NOTES AND QUERIES .
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... Richard Dyer ( or Deyer as they spelt it ) , grandson of John Dyer , of Roundhill and Wincan- ton , co . Somerset , and great - grandson of John Dyer , of Sharpham , which baronetcy became ex- tinct in the person of Sir Ludovick Dyer ...
... Richard Dyer ( or Deyer as they spelt it ) , grandson of John Dyer , of Roundhill and Wincan- ton , co . Somerset , and great - grandson of John Dyer , of Sharpham , which baronetcy became ex- tinct in the person of Sir Ludovick Dyer ...
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... Richard Bernard . It is a curious little work , dealing with witches and those pos- Will some of your readers who are well ac - sessed . Could any reader give me information re- quainted with the French cathedrals say what , in their ...
... Richard Bernard . It is a curious little work , dealing with witches and those pos- Will some of your readers who are well ac - sessed . Could any reader give me information re- quainted with the French cathedrals say what , in their ...
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Page 125 - And brass eternal slave to mortal rage; When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the wat'ry main, Increasing store with loss and loss with store; When I have seen such interchange of state...
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