The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsOxford University Press, 1907 - 527 pages |
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... seems to represent the berig or burgh of the Saxons ; quasi Londrig , from Londonberig ; in which case Londres would mean London - borough . The disputes upon the derivation of the word London have been numerous . In the present day ...
... seems to represent the berig or burgh of the Saxons ; quasi Londrig , from Londonberig ; in which case Londres would mean London - borough . The disputes upon the derivation of the word London have been numerous . In the present day ...
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... seems to have thought the man mad ; otherwise the conceit would have been an agreeable one . Ludgate Street , as if to keep up and augment the didactic repu- 86 THE BLACK FRIARS tation of the neighbourhood , was. 1 Malone , in his ...
... seems to have thought the man mad ; otherwise the conceit would have been an agreeable one . Ludgate Street , as if to keep up and augment the didactic repu- 86 THE BLACK FRIARS tation of the neighbourhood , was. 1 Malone , in his ...
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... seems to have thrown herself into the arms of sincerity and passion , not , perhaps , the most refined , but as tragic and comic as need be . As Churchill says : Before such merits all objections fly , Pritchard's genteel , and Garrick ...
... seems to have thrown herself into the arms of sincerity and passion , not , perhaps , the most refined , but as tragic and comic as need be . As Churchill says : Before such merits all objections fly , Pritchard's genteel , and Garrick ...
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