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... persons who have been taken there for disturbing the peace , but the principal part are taken up for fighting and making disturbances in the Taverns . On going past one of the principal hotels I heard the sound as if persons were ...
... persons who have been taken there for disturbing the peace , but the principal part are taken up for fighting and making disturbances in the Taverns . On going past one of the principal hotels I heard the sound as if persons were ...
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... person of dark complexion always enters first , as a light - haired male or female is deemed unlucky to be a first foot , or ' Quaaltagh , ' on New Year's morning . The actors in the Quaaltagh do not assume fantastic habiliments , like ...
... person of dark complexion always enters first , as a light - haired male or female is deemed unlucky to be a first foot , or ' Quaaltagh , ' on New Year's morning . The actors in the Quaaltagh do not assume fantastic habiliments , like ...
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... person acquainted with astronomy must know that there were six degrees under the floor , and that the axis traced a circle round these six degrees in addition to the radius between the pole of the heavens and the pole of the ecliptic ...
... person acquainted with astronomy must know that there were six degrees under the floor , and that the axis traced a circle round these six degrees in addition to the radius between the pole of the heavens and the pole of the ecliptic ...
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... person I have referred to — who , by - the - by , " loved to talk out of nected . Such a sedentary occupation gives more Leather and atheism have always been con- the common way " -thus unburdens himself with respect to the superiority ...
... person I have referred to — who , by - the - by , " loved to talk out of nected . Such a sedentary occupation gives more Leather and atheism have always been con- the common way " -thus unburdens himself with respect to the superiority ...
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... person in question might be . SYDNEY SCROPE . MRS . NISBETT . - The original representative of the character of Julia in ' The Hunchback ' was Miss Fanny Kemble , and that of Mariana in ' The Wife , ' another play of Sheridan Knowles ...
... person in question might be . SYDNEY SCROPE . MRS . NISBETT . - The original representative of the character of Julia in ' The Hunchback ' was Miss Fanny Kemble , and that of Mariana in ' The Wife , ' another play of Sheridan Knowles ...
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