The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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... gave embodiment to his earlier fancies in a Vicar of Wakefield . But his Dr. Primrose had immense advantages over Dr. Prout . The olive branches that sprang from the vicar's roof - tree , if they divided , certainly enhanced the ...
... gave embodiment to his earlier fancies in a Vicar of Wakefield . But his Dr. Primrose had immense advantages over Dr. Prout . The olive branches that sprang from the vicar's roof - tree , if they divided , certainly enhanced the ...
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... gave to your Norman an- cestors the conquest of the island , the conduct of the Anglo- Britons was strongly contrasted with that of the invaders from France ; for while in Harold's camp the besotted na- tives spent the night in ...
... gave to your Norman an- cestors the conquest of the island , the conduct of the Anglo- Britons was strongly contrasted with that of the invaders from France ; for while in Harold's camp the besotted na- tives spent the night in ...
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Francis Mahony. chivalry gave their time to fasting and devotion .- ( Gold- smith , A.D. 1066. ) " It has not escaped the penetrating mind of the sagacious Buffon , in his views of man and man's propensities ( which , after all , are the ...
Francis Mahony. chivalry gave their time to fasting and devotion .- ( Gold- smith , A.D. 1066. ) " It has not escaped the penetrating mind of the sagacious Buffon , in his views of man and man's propensities ( which , after all , are the ...
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... gave a death - blow to Lent . Until then it had lingered among the threadbare curates of the country , extrema per Hudibras , Canto ii . L 275 . illos excedens terris vestigia fecit , having been long before AN APOLOGY FOR LENT . 15.
... gave a death - blow to Lent . Until then it had lingered among the threadbare curates of the country , extrema per Hudibras , Canto ii . L 275 . illos excedens terris vestigia fecit , having been long before AN APOLOGY FOR LENT . 15.
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... gave them a masterdom over their barbarous propensi- ties ; -it did more , it originated civilisation and commerce . 1 It is said that in a single day he could devour forty pounds of meat and drink an amphora of wine . " A few ...
... gave them a masterdom over their barbarous propensi- ties ; -it did more , it originated civilisation and commerce . 1 It is said that in a single day he could devour forty pounds of meat and drink an amphora of wine . " A few ...
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