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Page 7
... Reply direct , please . J. A. H. MURRAY . Oxford . and Fable , ' are pennies paid at the cathedral of CHAD PENNIES , according to Brewer , Dict . P. Lichfield , dedicated to St. Chad , on Whit Sunday , in aid of the repairs . I should ...
... Reply direct , please . J. A. H. MURRAY . Oxford . and Fable , ' are pennies paid at the cathedral of CHAD PENNIES , according to Brewer , Dict . P. Lichfield , dedicated to St. Chad , on Whit Sunday , in aid of the repairs . I should ...
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... reply to Mr. PINK'S query , I can answer , so far as regards Sir Baptist Hicks , that there is no engraving of his portrait now in the Sessions House . When , some years ago , I had a copy in oils taken , I was given permission to do so ...
... reply to Mr. PINK'S query , I can answer , so far as regards Sir Baptist Hicks , that there is no engraving of his portrait now in the Sessions House . When , some years ago , I had a copy in oils taken , I was given permission to do so ...
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... reply be written on a separate slip of paper , with the appear . Correspondents who repeat queries are requested to head the second communication Duplicate . " A. MASSON ( " So long " ) .- See 6th S. ii . 67 , 194 , 496 ; iii . 18 ...
... reply be written on a separate slip of paper , with the appear . Correspondents who repeat queries are requested to head the second communication Duplicate . " A. MASSON ( " So long " ) .- See 6th S. ii . 67 , 194 , 496 ; iii . 18 ...
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... reply direct . Broad Oak , Reading . H. E. ANDREWES . RIDDLES ON TREES . - Where can I find some verses of riddles on the names of trees which I heard forty years ago , and which begin thus : - What is the sociable tree , and the ...
... reply direct . Broad Oak , Reading . H. E. ANDREWES . RIDDLES ON TREES . - Where can I find some verses of riddles on the names of trees which I heard forty years ago , and which begin thus : - What is the sociable tree , and the ...
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... replies ( vol . ii . p . 12 ) , and after stating that since 1840 six guns have been recovered from St. Catherine's Dub ... reply to the question of PROF . FELS respecting the difference in the use of adjectives terminating in -ic and ...
... replies ( vol . ii . p . 12 ) , and after stating that since 1840 six guns have been recovered from St. Catherine's Dub ... reply to the question of PROF . FELS respecting the difference in the use of adjectives terminating in -ic and ...
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