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... called a pun . This arises totally from words which have a double meaning , being selected in such a manner , that if they are understood as they appear in the sentence , they will lead us to a con- clusion different from that intended ...
... called a pun . This arises totally from words which have a double meaning , being selected in such a manner , that if they are understood as they appear in the sentence , they will lead us to a con- clusion different from that intended ...
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... called our own , had the effect of limiting our intercourse with other nations . Instead of trading from port to port , as the interests of commerce might dictate , our merchants were constrained , in a great degree , in their dealings ...
... called our own , had the effect of limiting our intercourse with other nations . Instead of trading from port to port , as the interests of commerce might dictate , our merchants were constrained , in a great degree , in their dealings ...
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... called the Fenn collection , having been preserved by a family of that name . These letters are truly curious from their relation of the latter events of the court and politics of Henry VI . , and they proceed through the reign of ...
... called the Fenn collection , having been preserved by a family of that name . These letters are truly curious from their relation of the latter events of the court and politics of Henry VI . , and they proceed through the reign of ...
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... called the fisc , and it was the property of the public generally . While the inde- pendence of the people had thus been secured by the allodial divisions of land , it was of course the object of the nobles to continue the same ...
... called the fisc , and it was the property of the public generally . While the inde- pendence of the people had thus been secured by the allodial divisions of land , it was of course the object of the nobles to continue the same ...
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... place of the rising of the sonne ; windor or windowe , as a doore against the winde ; king , from conning , for so our great grandfathers called them , which one word imployeth two most 82 On the Etymology of English Nouns .
... place of the rising of the sonne ; windor or windowe , as a doore against the winde ; king , from conning , for so our great grandfathers called them , which one word imployeth two most 82 On the Etymology of English Nouns .
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