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, 1853 |
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... Earl St. Vincent's Motto , 73 . see Advertisements . Ballads , Rare , 100 . ** Bawdrick , 5 , 9 . Bibliomaniacs , see Smith , Richard . Blackwood's Magazine , 2 , 12 . Blair's Monument , 31 . Bobart's Dragon , 53 . Boddington , Mrs. 31 ...
... Earl St. Vincent's Motto , 73 . see Advertisements . Ballads , Rare , 100 . ** Bawdrick , 5 , 9 . Bibliomaniacs , see Smith , Richard . Blackwood's Magazine , 2 , 12 . Blair's Monument , 31 . Bobart's Dragon , 53 . Boddington , Mrs. 31 ...
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... Earl of Essex , had a grant of it . In the Chapel ( all that remains of the Priory ) is a monument to his son Gregory , Lord Cromwell , of the date of 1551 . The ornament is supposed to be a Pilgrim's Badge , brought from Rome , and ...
... Earl of Essex , had a grant of it . In the Chapel ( all that remains of the Priory ) is a monument to his son Gregory , Lord Cromwell , of the date of 1551 . The ornament is supposed to be a Pilgrim's Badge , brought from Rome , and ...
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... Earl of Somerset , entirely in the autograph of Ben Jonson , and concluding with the following beautiful stanza : — FOR THE MONTH . " I will make a prief. M R RING OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS . YOUR Correspondent T. K.'s notice of Queen ...
... Earl of Somerset , entirely in the autograph of Ben Jonson , and concluding with the following beautiful stanza : — FOR THE MONTH . " I will make a prief. M R RING OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS . YOUR Correspondent T. K.'s notice of Queen ...
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... Earl of Ilay , Duke of Argyll , and probably from him to the family of Mr. Blachford , at the sale of whose effects it was said to have been purchased for the Prince Regent . " * Barrington Pope Blachford , Esq . M.P. was appointed a ...
... Earl of Ilay , Duke of Argyll , and probably from him to the family of Mr. Blachford , at the sale of whose effects it was said to have been purchased for the Prince Regent . " * Barrington Pope Blachford , Esq . M.P. was appointed a ...
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... Earl Cadogan , Sir Gardiner Wilkinson , Dr. Henderson , and other amateurs of Art and Archæology , seemed to watch the progress of the sale with considerable interest . 66 N. THE GOLDEN LION , FULHAM , " should not , " writes be ...
... Earl Cadogan , Sir Gardiner Wilkinson , Dr. Henderson , and other amateurs of Art and Archæology , seemed to watch the progress of the sale with considerable interest . 66 N. THE GOLDEN LION , FULHAM , " should not , " writes be ...
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