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... common in Norfolk : thus in the fourteenth century I find David Donne , a landowner at Rougham in 1321 ; John le Donne , of the same place , in 1346 ; and John Donne , instituted to Matlask , with Branweth , York , by the prior and ...
... common in Norfolk : thus in the fourteenth century I find David Donne , a landowner at Rougham in 1321 ; John le Donne , of the same place , in 1346 ; and John Donne , instituted to Matlask , with Branweth , York , by the prior and ...
Page 32
... common pen must be made with the nib much finer than for other writing , and something harder , with a small cleft . For expedi- tious writing , some use what are called fountain pens , into which your ink is put , which gradually Hows ...
... common pen must be made with the nib much finer than for other writing , and something harder , with a small cleft . For expedi- tious writing , some use what are called fountain pens , into which your ink is put , which gradually Hows ...
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... common sense , who , as she said , " was silly enough " to try the experiment . Hers , however , never came J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL . W. F. PRIDEAUX . " HOOK IT " ( 9th S. xi . 348 ) .- The ' H.E.D. ' has , s.v. Hook , ' v .: " 3. intr ...
... common sense , who , as she said , " was silly enough " to try the experiment . Hers , however , never came J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL . W. F. PRIDEAUX . " HOOK IT " ( 9th S. xi . 348 ) .- The ' H.E.D. ' has , s.v. Hook , ' v .: " 3. intr ...
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... common enough in the Highlands of Scotland . Tom Warton , in his poem the ' Progress of Dis- content , ' written in 1746 , thus alludes to the practice : - To make his character entire He weds - a Cousin of the Squire ; Not over weighty ...
... common enough in the Highlands of Scotland . Tom Warton , in his poem the ' Progress of Dis- content , ' written in 1746 , thus alludes to the practice : - To make his character entire He weds - a Cousin of the Squire ; Not over weighty ...
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... common , disappeared in consequence of the disuse of hair oil and pomatum , and the substitution of less greasy hair washes . When it became fashionable to keep the hair very closely cut , and to strip bedrooms and bedsteads of nearly ...
... common , disappeared in consequence of the disuse of hair oil and pomatum , and the substitution of less greasy hair washes . When it became fashionable to keep the hair very closely cut , and to strip bedrooms and bedsteads of nearly ...
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