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 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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... curious dispute at the gate of York House , to which Pepys was a witness . · ' 30th ( September , 1661 ) . This morning up by moonshine , at five o'clock , ( here was one of the great secrets of the animal , spirits of those times ...
... curious dispute at the gate of York House , to which Pepys was a witness . · ' 30th ( September , 1661 ) . This morning up by moonshine , at five o'clock , ( here was one of the great secrets of the animal , spirits of those times ...
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