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... king to foreigners . ' Doubtless the king considered his royal matrimonial agency an excellent institution . 6 Putney , S.W. P. B. WALMSLEY . STEAM ( 8th S. xi . 148 ) .- Blasco de Garay's original application of steam power to any pur ...
... king to foreigners . ' Doubtless the king considered his royal matrimonial agency an excellent institution . 6 Putney , S.W. P. B. WALMSLEY . STEAM ( 8th S. xi . 148 ) .- Blasco de Garay's original application of steam power to any pur ...
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... King Henry VI . , ' Mr. Lee asserts that criticism bas proved beyond doubt that in them Shakspeare " did no more than add , revise , and correct other men's work . " In the first part are assigned to Shakspeare the famous scene of the ...
... King Henry VI . , ' Mr. Lee asserts that criticism bas proved beyond doubt that in them Shakspeare " did no more than add , revise , and correct other men's work . " In the first part are assigned to Shakspeare the famous scene of the ...
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... King Street , " the auctioneer premises : " The difficulty that frequently occurs to do justice , and at the same time avoid colouring the picture too highly , is in this instance likely to be avoided , inasmuch as its highest panegyric ...
... King Street , " the auctioneer premises : " The difficulty that frequently occurs to do justice , and at the same time avoid colouring the picture too highly , is in this instance likely to be avoided , inasmuch as its highest panegyric ...
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... KING " ( 8th S. xi . 387 , 452 ) .- A writer in the Quarterly Review ( vol . cxxv . p . 231 ) says : - " A cat may look at a king ' is but a modern way of putting the Greek adage You're nothing sacred , an expression referring to ...
... KING " ( 8th S. xi . 387 , 452 ) .- A writer in the Quarterly Review ( vol . cxxv . p . 231 ) says : - " A cat may look at a king ' is but a modern way of putting the Greek adage You're nothing sacred , an expression referring to ...
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... king of the German Hunes , a people near the Lower Rhine , of whom Beada , the Venerable Bede , in his ' Church History , ' speaks . Siegfried himself , Shakespear's King Lear is the Llyr Llediaith of or Atli's name is still preserved ...
... king of the German Hunes , a people near the Lower Rhine , of whom Beada , the Venerable Bede , in his ' Church History , ' speaks . Siegfried himself , Shakespear's King Lear is the Llyr Llediaith of or Atli's name is still preserved ...
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