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... tion was not written till the translation of his bones , anno 1140 ; and , indeed , as Weever ob- serves , the whole of it is compiled from Bede ( iv . c . 6 ) and the annals of this church . This inscription was destroyed in the Fire ...
... tion was not written till the translation of his bones , anno 1140 ; and , indeed , as Weever ob- serves , the whole of it is compiled from Bede ( iv . c . 6 ) and the annals of this church . This inscription was destroyed in the Fire ...
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... tion of the Tatler by Nichols , 1786. At vol . v . p . 428 , in an account of John Partridge , the almanac - maker , the editor says he has compiled the memoir from old almanacs annotated with many curious notes in MS . , and that Mr ...
... tion of the Tatler by Nichols , 1786. At vol . v . p . 428 , in an account of John Partridge , the almanac - maker , the editor says he has compiled the memoir from old almanacs annotated with many curious notes in MS . , and that Mr ...
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... . Erskine Neale , Vicar of Exning ( 4th S. viii . 542 ) , and the inser- tion of the note brings to my mind a recollection SITWELL STOTEVILLE ( 7th S. iii . 27 , 154 7th 8. IV . JULY 2 , '87 . ] 15 NOTES AND QUERIES .
... . Erskine Neale , Vicar of Exning ( 4th S. viii . 542 ) , and the inser- tion of the note brings to my mind a recollection SITWELL STOTEVILLE ( 7th S. iii . 27 , 154 7th 8. IV . JULY 2 , '87 . ] 15 NOTES AND QUERIES .
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... tion about . Prof. Burrows is speaking of Sir Pexil Brocas ( p . 222 ) , who died in 1630 , and he says of him : " He exhibited his love of a jest as much as his vanity in retaining a professional jester , said to be the last case of ...
... tion about . Prof. Burrows is speaking of Sir Pexil Brocas ( p . 222 ) , who died in 1630 , and he says of him : " He exhibited his love of a jest as much as his vanity in retaining a professional jester , said to be the last case of ...
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... tion are of course wanting in my narration ; but the story is his , and he laid comic stress on the cockney word weal . ALFRED GATTY , D.D. · WARDA FORI , THE WARD OF CHEAP . - Richard Thomson , in his Chronicles of London Bridge , ' p ...
... tion are of course wanting in my narration ; but the story is his , and he laid comic stress on the cockney word weal . ALFRED GATTY , D.D. · WARDA FORI , THE WARD OF CHEAP . - Richard Thomson , in his Chronicles of London Bridge , ' p ...
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