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... doubt , a remarkable man ; but he would have been a very remarkable man indeed if , born in 1732 , he was the father of a marriageable daughter in 1749 . So much for Dr. Wilmot's marriage with a DAUGHTER of Stanislaus . Let us now see ...
... doubt , a remarkable man ; but he would have been a very remarkable man indeed if , born in 1732 , he was the father of a marriageable daughter in 1749 . So much for Dr. Wilmot's marriage with a DAUGHTER of Stanislaus . Let us now see ...
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... doubt , contribute largely , while there should be no difficulty in obtaining a goodly list of subscribers for this volume at least . I trust that Mr. Stevenson or some other enter- prising Edinburgh bookseller will try what can be done ...
... doubt , contribute largely , while there should be no difficulty in obtaining a goodly list of subscribers for this volume at least . I trust that Mr. Stevenson or some other enter- prising Edinburgh bookseller will try what can be done ...
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... doubt , having originally come out of it - would eke out a handsome duo- decimo . " In his latter years Mr. Erskine was very much an- noyed at the idea that his witticisms might be collected together in a volume . Aware of this , a ...
... doubt , having originally come out of it - would eke out a handsome duo- decimo . " In his latter years Mr. Erskine was very much an- noyed at the idea that his witticisms might be collected together in a volume . Aware of this , a ...
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... doubt of Dr. Eveleigh ( then Provost ) being caricatured in the " View from Oriel . " A COTEMPORARY . HONORARY CANONS . ( 3rd S. ix . 455. ) When I said " Honorary Canons were instituted by Bishop Denison " of Sarum , I simply meant for ...
... doubt of Dr. Eveleigh ( then Provost ) being caricatured in the " View from Oriel . " A COTEMPORARY . HONORARY CANONS . ( 3rd S. ix . 455. ) When I said " Honorary Canons were instituted by Bishop Denison " of Sarum , I simply meant for ...
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... doubt , I conceive , that the prelate referred to by Gibbon , and named in Bishop Horne's Letter , was Warburton . The terms used by Gibbon , in connection with the date of this volume of his history , was clearly intended to apply to ...
... doubt , I conceive , that the prelate referred to by Gibbon , and named in Bishop Horne's Letter , was Warburton . The terms used by Gibbon , in connection with the date of this volume of his history , was clearly intended to apply to ...
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