The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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Page iv
... Lord Kingston to naturalize in Munster the silkworm from that peninsula ( see his version of good Bishop Vida's Bombices , page 523 ) , mere caterpillars , snails , and siimy crawlers , he would have put his foot on . From Florence the ...
... Lord Kingston to naturalize in Munster the silkworm from that peninsula ( see his version of good Bishop Vida's Bombices , page 523 ) , mere caterpillars , snails , and siimy crawlers , he would have put his foot on . From Florence the ...
Page xvi
... Lord Chamberlain or on the BISHOP OF LONDON . Let some intel- ligent Member of Parliament bring the question before the HOUSE OF COMMONS . " Times , Feb. 20 and 21 , 1834 . THE RELIQUES OF FATHER PROUT . FATHER PROUT'S APOLOGY FOR.
... Lord Chamberlain or on the BISHOP OF LONDON . Let some intel- ligent Member of Parliament bring the question before the HOUSE OF COMMONS . " Times , Feb. 20 and 21 , 1834 . THE RELIQUES OF FATHER PROUT . FATHER PROUT'S APOLOGY FOR.
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... Lords , " the glorious Dan " has not concealed the grudge he feels towards those clergymen , educated on the continent , who , having witnessed the doings of the sansculottes in France , have no fancy to a rehearsal of the same in ...
... Lords , " the glorious Dan " has not concealed the grudge he feels towards those clergymen , educated on the continent , who , having witnessed the doings of the sansculottes in France , have no fancy to a rehearsal of the same in ...
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... standing that it has been said or sung by your Lord Byron that ' Man is a carnivorous production , And cannot live ( as woodcocks do ) on suction ; ' still that noble poet ( I speak from the record AN APOLOGY FOR LENT . 9.
... standing that it has been said or sung by your Lord Byron that ' Man is a carnivorous production , And cannot live ( as woodcocks do ) on suction ; ' still that noble poet ( I speak from the record AN APOLOGY FOR LENT . 9.
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... Lords of the Treasury might learn that , when the disciples were at a loss to meet the demand of tax - collectors in their day , they caught a fish , and found in its gills sufficient to satisfy the revenue . ( St. Matthew , chap . xvii ...
... Lords of the Treasury might learn that , when the disciples were at a loss to meet the demand of tax - collectors in their day , they caught a fish , and found in its gills sufficient to satisfy the revenue . ( St. Matthew , chap . xvii ...
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