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... known to a few persons about the Court . " The apparently happy Duke and his lovely bride lived in hopes that they should soon be allowed to make their marriage public ; but in the year 1771 a trans- action took place which proved a ...
... known to a few persons about the Court . " The apparently happy Duke and his lovely bride lived in hopes that they should soon be allowed to make their marriage public ; but in the year 1771 a trans- action took place which proved a ...
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... forth to meet her , I should find her eloping with some other Peter ! * A fictitious name for a very short man well known at the time Yet in spite of these rubs , I should have 3rd S. X. JULY 7 , '66 . ] 3 NOTES AND QUERIES .
... forth to meet her , I should find her eloping with some other Peter ! * A fictitious name for a very short man well known at the time Yet in spite of these rubs , I should have 3rd S. X. JULY 7 , '66 . ] 3 NOTES AND QUERIES .
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... known to be in existence any document , or any positive evidence of whatsoever kind , which may determine or illustrate the circumstances that led to the appropriation of the Ostrich Feather Badge as their own especial ensign , by the ...
... known to be in existence any document , or any positive evidence of whatsoever kind , which may determine or illustrate the circumstances that led to the appropriation of the Ostrich Feather Badge as their own especial ensign , by the ...
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... known to turn his back upon the poor man , or to pro- portion his services to the ability of his employers to reward them . It is said that a poor man , in a remote district of Scotland , thus answered an acquaintance who wished to ...
... known to turn his back upon the poor man , or to pro- portion his services to the ability of his employers to reward them . It is said that a poor man , in a remote district of Scotland , thus answered an acquaintance who wished to ...
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... known to fame as the 26th Cameronians . The other , that the first edition of his poems was dated in 1658 , evidently inconsistent with the fact that Cleland , who was barely twenty - eight when he fell in 1689 , could have been born ...
... known to fame as the 26th Cameronians . The other , that the first edition of his poems was dated in 1658 , evidently inconsistent with the fact that Cleland , who was barely twenty - eight when he fell in 1689 , could have been born ...
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