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... ancient customs , has shown that he gives no credit to the impure story ( Origins of English History , p . 87 ) . Sir William Blackstone had come to the conclusion that there was no believed that the evil practice was once followed ...
... ancient customs , has shown that he gives no credit to the impure story ( Origins of English History , p . 87 ) . Sir William Blackstone had come to the conclusion that there was no believed that the evil practice was once followed ...
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... ancient lore the Talmud , without clue or index to their origin . Respecting the five final letters , there is an opinion in the Talmud that these , as final letters , are of the same antiquity as the other characters , but they do not ...
... ancient lore the Talmud , without clue or index to their origin . Respecting the five final letters , there is an opinion in the Talmud that these , as final letters , are of the same antiquity as the other characters , but they do not ...
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... ancient family in Yorkshire . It was on a seal to a deed , but the seal made on the usual label of parchment had been detached from the deed to which it had be- longed . I can , therefore , give no date . The seal shows a chevron ...
... ancient family in Yorkshire . It was on a seal to a deed , but the seal made on the usual label of parchment had been detached from the deed to which it had be- longed . I can , therefore , give no date . The seal shows a chevron ...
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... ancient cathedral ; it might have been his tombstone . " It is hardly probable now that any more precise information can be obtained . If the story is true , it is quite possible that the stone in question was one of the two inscribed ...
... ancient cathedral ; it might have been his tombstone . " It is hardly probable now that any more precise information can be obtained . If the story is true , it is quite possible that the stone in question was one of the two inscribed ...
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A SHAKSPEARIAN QUESTION . Certain coin- cidences with regard to an ancient inscription suggest the inquiry , Can Shakespeare have been in any way connected with Blackheath or Lee ? In the old churchyard of Lee , Kent , there is an ...
A SHAKSPEARIAN QUESTION . Certain coin- cidences with regard to an ancient inscription suggest the inquiry , Can Shakespeare have been in any way connected with Blackheath or Lee ? In the old churchyard of Lee , Kent , there is an ...
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Page 371 - She was, — but words are wanting to say what ; Think what a wife should be, and she was that !" Pope was fond of writing epitaphs.
Page 196 - tis true : The elder of them, being put to nurse, "Was by a beggar-woman stol'n away ; And, ignorant of his birth and parentage, Became a bricklayer when he came to age : His son am I ; deny it, if you can.
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