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... seems to be the same with tot or ' tote , " i.e. , the total , the whole of the job or work undertaken for the day or any specified time . I have myself heard the phrase " He has done his little tot . " Grose ( 1790 ) says that " To do ...
... seems to be the same with tot or ' tote , " i.e. , the total , the whole of the job or work undertaken for the day or any specified time . I have myself heard the phrase " He has done his little tot . " Grose ( 1790 ) says that " To do ...
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... seems to demand dotes " Mr. Francis has shown himself a worthy a reading of " potuit " instead of “ potui . ” Mr. G. A. Poynder's Reading Catalogue 50 con- tains works. Knight came up to London from Leeds in 1860 , when he had just ...
... seems to demand dotes " Mr. Francis has shown himself a worthy a reading of " potuit " instead of “ potui . ” Mr. G. A. Poynder's Reading Catalogue 50 con- tains works. Knight came up to London from Leeds in 1860 , when he had just ...
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... seems quite probable that after this many of the waverers came in to pay homage to the new king at Barking . Bishop's Stortford . W. B. GERISH . The Anglo - Saxon Chronicle ' says that after the defeat and death of Harold , William ...
... seems quite probable that after this many of the waverers came in to pay homage to the new king at Barking . Bishop's Stortford . W. B. GERISH . The Anglo - Saxon Chronicle ' says that after the defeat and death of Harold , William ...
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... seems to have lived in retirement until his death in 1657 . but Dr. Guild was the author of a great many books ( see Robertson's ' Bibliography of Aberdeen , ' Spalding Club , 1893 ) ; although he is not known by these books , Dr ...
... seems to have lived in retirement until his death in 1657 . but Dr. Guild was the author of a great many books ( see Robertson's ' Bibliography of Aberdeen , ' Spalding Club , 1893 ) ; although he is not known by these books , Dr ...
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... seems to us rather foolish . Prof. Vambéry concludes his Personal Recollections of Abdul Hamid II . and his Court , ' and shows what a bundle of conflicting habits and ideas the Sultan was . Mr. Marcus B. Huish deals with the repre ...
... seems to us rather foolish . Prof. Vambéry concludes his Personal Recollections of Abdul Hamid II . and his Court , ' and shows what a bundle of conflicting habits and ideas the Sultan was . Mr. Marcus B. Huish deals with the repre ...
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Página 156 - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on. Four corners to my bed, Four angels round my head; One to watch and one to pray And two to bear my soul away.
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Página 180 - tis and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live freely, and all die, Whene'er their Genius bids their souls depart, Among their kindred in their native place. I never pluck the rose ; the violet's head Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank And not reproacht me ; the ever-sacred cup Of the pure lily hath between my hands Felt safe, unsoiled, nor lost one grain of gold.
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