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... lady of some property . " The impression is left that she was an Orcadian , and the novelist explained that Gow succeeded in his suit while at Stromness , before he had shown the black flag or visited piratically the neighbouring county ...
... lady of some property . " The impression is left that she was an Orcadian , and the novelist explained that Gow succeeded in his suit while at Stromness , before he had shown the black flag or visited piratically the neighbouring county ...
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... lady above named , especially in the case of a French word , to set up their judgment in oppo- sition to that of Littré , who was not only a very distinguished etymologist and a man of very sound sense , but must have seen the word ...
... lady above named , especially in the case of a French word , to set up their judgment in oppo- sition to that of Littré , who was not only a very distinguished etymologist and a man of very sound sense , but must have seen the word ...
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... lady ! ' tis a strong play with the arm . " T. Heywood alludes to the game in his The Foure Prentises of London , 1615 : - 66 EUSTACE . All that is nothing , I can tosse him thus . GUY . I thus : ' tis easier sport then the Baloone ...
... lady ! ' tis a strong play with the arm . " T. Heywood alludes to the game in his The Foure Prentises of London , 1615 : - 66 EUSTACE . All that is nothing , I can tosse him thus . GUY . I thus : ' tis easier sport then the Baloone ...
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... Ladies Jackson . No record of Sir Peter's death occurs in the obituary ; but on Feb. 25 , 1732 , " Lady Jane " Jackson is said to have died . This , in fact , I believe really refers to Mary , his widow , because Charles and Elizabeth ...
... Ladies Jackson . No record of Sir Peter's death occurs in the obituary ; but on Feb. 25 , 1732 , " Lady Jane " Jackson is said to have died . This , in fact , I believe really refers to Mary , his widow , because Charles and Elizabeth ...
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... lady to visit them , but she would not . One day she wan- dered away in the wood , and came to a magni- ficent castle . Crossing the courtyard , she went up the marble steps , one hundred in number , but there was not a soul to be seen ...
... lady to visit them , but she would not . One day she wan- dered away in the wood , and came to a magni- ficent castle . Crossing the courtyard , she went up the marble steps , one hundred in number , but there was not a soul to be seen ...
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