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BY

THOMAS JOSEPH PETTIGREW, F.R.S., F.S.A.

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN,
&c., &c., &c.

"The bell strikes one. We take no note of time
But from its loss. To give it then a tongue,
Is wise in man."-Young,

LONDON:

H. G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

1857.

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