The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsOxford University Press, 1907 - 527 pages |
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... Curious assertion respecting trees in the city . IN one of those children's books which contain read- ing fit for the manliest , and which we have known to interest very grave and even great men , there is a pleasant chapter entitled ...
... Curious assertion respecting trees in the city . IN one of those children's books which contain read- ing fit for the manliest , and which we have known to interest very grave and even great men , there is a pleasant chapter entitled ...
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... curious was a scene that passed in the old cathedral between John of Gaunt and the Anti - Wickliffites . It made him very unpopular at the time . Probably , if he had died just after it , his coffin would have been torn to pieces ; but ...
... curious was a scene that passed in the old cathedral between John of Gaunt and the Anti - Wickliffites . It made him very unpopular at the time . Probably , if he had died just after it , his coffin would have been torn to pieces ; but ...
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... curious narrative Peter Wilkins , with its Flying Women . Who he was , is not known ; probably a barrister with- out practice ; but he wrote an amiable and interesting book . As to the sudden and pleasant quiet in this little inn , it ...
... curious narrative Peter Wilkins , with its Flying Women . Who he was , is not known ; probably a barrister with- out practice ; but he wrote an amiable and interesting book . As to the sudden and pleasant quiet in this little inn , it ...
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