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On the evidence of its dictionary , thereOcean at the Chops , with a breadth of
100 miles fore , and treating English as a mixed language , it between the Scilly
Isles and Ushant Isle . With would have to be classified together with French , an
...
On the evidence of its dictionary , thereOcean at the Chops , with a breadth of
100 miles fore , and treating English as a mixed language , it between the Scilly
Isles and Ushant Isle . With would have to be classified together with French , an
...
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| Title | Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 4 Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge |
| Publisher | W. & R. Chambers, 1868 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 29 Aug 2007 |
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