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... grand ecu , or six livre piece , 5 0 An ecu , or three livre piece , 2 6 The vingt quatre sols piece , 1 0 A douze sols piece is twelve pence French , or 0 6 A six sols piece is six pence French , or 0 3 COINS . 31 COPPER MIXED WITH ...
... grand ecu , or six livre piece , 5 0 An ecu , or three livre piece , 2 6 The vingt quatre sols piece , 1 0 A douze sols piece is twelve pence French , or 0 6 A six sols piece is six pence French , or 0 3 COINS . 31 COPPER MIXED WITH ...
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... grand . It brought to my mind that beau- tiful description of Shakspeare- -The murmuring surge That on th ' unnumbered idle pebbles chafes , Cannot be heard so high : I'll look no more , Lest my brain turn , and the deficient sight ...
... grand . It brought to my mind that beau- tiful description of Shakspeare- -The murmuring surge That on th ' unnumbered idle pebbles chafes , Cannot be heard so high : I'll look no more , Lest my brain turn , and the deficient sight ...
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... - ings in this city and its environs are Anglo - Nor- man antiquities , and were founded by the En- glish before they left Normandy . The cathedral , which is a grand and awful Sir John Carr del Rouen , from Mount St Catharines Rouen.
... - ings in this city and its environs are Anglo - Nor- man antiquities , and were founded by the En- glish before they left Normandy . The cathedral , which is a grand and awful Sir John Carr del Rouen , from Mount St Catharines Rouen.
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... grand altarpiece , were removed dur- ing the revolution . The altarpiece is very fine . Grand prepara- tions were making for the inauguration of the archbishop , which was to take place the follow- ing Sunday . There were not many ...
... grand altarpiece , were removed dur- ing the revolution . The altarpiece is very fine . Grand prepara- tions were making for the inauguration of the archbishop , which was to take place the follow- ing Sunday . There were not many ...
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... grand entrance , by which the spectator has an unin- terrupted view , and commands the whole length of the interior building . In the English cathe- drals it is always placed midway between the choir and church , by which this desired ...
... grand entrance , by which the spectator has an unin- terrupted view , and commands the whole length of the interior building . In the English cathe- drals it is always placed midway between the choir and church , by which this desired ...
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