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... perhaps less obscured by stained glass , it forties . This , indeed , was not much more would command much admiration . The Gothic than a new front to an old building ; it was revival has been maintained through nearly and is handsome ...
... perhaps less obscured by stained glass , it forties . This , indeed , was not much more would command much admiration . The Gothic than a new front to an old building ; it was revival has been maintained through nearly and is handsome ...
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... perhaps less obscured by stained glass , it would command much admiration . The Gothic revival has been maintained through nearly the sixty years , its last achievement being the re - edification of the greater part of St. Mary's Overie ...
... perhaps less obscured by stained glass , it would command much admiration . The Gothic revival has been maintained through nearly the sixty years , its last achievement being the re - edification of the greater part of St. Mary's Overie ...
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... Perhaps the authorities are more reasonable RALPH THOMAS . now . " PRETTY MAIDS ' MONEY . " - The following extract from The Cornish and Devon Post ( Launceston ) of 15 July , 1905 , records a cere- mony which seems worth noting ...
... Perhaps the authorities are more reasonable RALPH THOMAS . now . " PRETTY MAIDS ' MONEY . " - The following extract from The Cornish and Devon Post ( Launceston ) of 15 July , 1905 , records a cere- mony which seems worth noting ...
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... perhaps the deadliest as well as the most modern . A mere nomenclature of the heads of highest interest which we find in this section would require more space than we can afford . L'Homme de Cour ' section begins with Varin's portrait ...
... perhaps the deadliest as well as the most modern . A mere nomenclature of the heads of highest interest which we find in this section would require more space than we can afford . L'Homme de Cour ' section begins with Varin's portrait ...
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... Perhaps this is what Mr. Haggard means . It will be perceived that there is a hiatus between the first and second vowels . To avoid this , many speakers insert the consonant y , and so we get the pronun- ciation Ayisha or Ayesha . There ...
... Perhaps this is what Mr. Haggard means . It will be perceived that there is a hiatus between the first and second vowels . To avoid this , many speakers insert the consonant y , and so we get the pronun- ciation Ayisha or Ayesha . There ...
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Página 80 - These to their softened hearts should bear The thought of what has been, And speak of one who cannot share The gladness of the scene ; Whose part in all the pomp that fills The circuit of the summer hills, Is — that his grave is green ! And deeply would their hearts rejoice To hear again his living voice.
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Página 118 - ... some idea of the extravagance with which this, as well as other dishes, was prepared for the gorgeous revels of the olden times : Men may talk of country Christmasses, Their thirty pound butter'd eggs, their pies of carps...
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