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... course , out of the question . It surely means Vineclad Hill . " 66 R. C. A. P. [ The pronunciation is assumed to be Mon - te Vid - e - o , " Video " does not with the e's sounded as in French . " Ver " is the word ordi- mean " I see ...
... course , out of the question . It surely means Vineclad Hill . " 66 R. C. A. P. [ The pronunciation is assumed to be Mon - te Vid - e - o , " Video " does not with the e's sounded as in French . " Ver " is the word ordi- mean " I see ...
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... course in great buildings it is too often a deplorable inci- dent that life is lost by some untoward accident , and this may have given rise to the popular belief . It holds to this day . I was asked if it was not true that a man had ...
... course in great buildings it is too often a deplorable inci- dent that life is lost by some untoward accident , and this may have given rise to the popular belief . It holds to this day . I was asked if it was not true that a man had ...
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... course , was played with a new one . ROBERT GODFREY . [ Is there any connexion with the proverbial advice in Yorkshire to keep the ball rolling ; that is , do not let the fun of a meeting flag ? ] WESTMINSTER LIBRARY ( 7th S. ii . 447 ...
... course , was played with a new one . ROBERT GODFREY . [ Is there any connexion with the proverbial advice in Yorkshire to keep the ball rolling ; that is , do not let the fun of a meeting flag ? ] WESTMINSTER LIBRARY ( 7th S. ii . 447 ...
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... course , to be hoped . Under names from Matthew Arnold to Samuel Wilberforce the reader may satisfy himself of the plan and the execution of the work , which occupies between sixteen and seventeen hundred pages , closely printed in ...
... course , to be hoped . Under names from Matthew Arnold to Samuel Wilberforce the reader may satisfy himself of the plan and the execution of the work , which occupies between sixteen and seventeen hundred pages , closely printed in ...
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... course of the prayers . R. W. HACKWOOD . THE PRINTER'S CHAPEL ( 7th S. vi . 364 , 450 ) .— Allow me to refer your readers who are interested in this subject to a paper entitled ' The Chapel ' in ' Half - Hours with the Best Authors ...
... course of the prayers . R. W. HACKWOOD . THE PRINTER'S CHAPEL ( 7th S. vi . 364 , 450 ) .— Allow me to refer your readers who are interested in this subject to a paper entitled ' The Chapel ' in ' Half - Hours with the Best Authors ...
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Page 125 - When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the watery main, Increasing store with loss and loss with store; When I have seen such interchange of state, Or state itself confounded to decay; Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate, That Time will come and take my love away.
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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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