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Page 534
... passed it over ? Would the Norman have rejected it ? Would such a notable discovery have been reserved for these modern and degenerate times ? Besides , Sir , if the measure itself is good , I ask the honourable gentleman if this is the ...
... passed it over ? Would the Norman have rejected it ? Would such a notable discovery have been reserved for these modern and degenerate times ? Besides , Sir , if the measure itself is good , I ask the honourable gentleman if this is the ...
Page 881
... passed like a phantom the meridian of the Bill . Sometimes her aspect was that of a large white bat , sometimes that of a grey one . In the course of time the watching girl saw that the ship had passed her nearest point ; the breadth of ...
... passed like a phantom the meridian of the Bill . Sometimes her aspect was that of a large white bat , sometimes that of a grey one . In the course of time the watching girl saw that the ship had passed her nearest point ; the breadth of ...
Page 998
... passed lightly over Gardenleigh since the day when William the Norman's fighting bishop , Geoffrey of Coutances , died at enmity with Rufus , and his seventy Somerset manors passed to the Honour of Gloucester , to be parcelled out among ...
... passed lightly over Gardenleigh since the day when William the Norman's fighting bishop , Geoffrey of Coutances , died at enmity with Rufus , and his seventy Somerset manors passed to the Honour of Gloucester , to be parcelled out among ...
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