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... from Pennant downwards - to say , that he has never heard that the MS . of the Icon has been found in a secret drawer within it . speariana : " Hamlet " - Hamlet to Guildenstern- " The Merry Wives of Windsor " - " King Henry VI .
... from Pennant downwards - to say , that he has never heard that the MS . of the Icon has been found in a secret drawer within it . speariana : " Hamlet " - Hamlet to Guildenstern- " The Merry Wives of Windsor " - " King Henry VI .
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That the bishop's memory may not suffer at the hands of any injudicious admirer of teetotal principles , we must add that his worthy chaplain says :- : " Never was there a more hearty entertainer . I have heard him say : " Tis not kind ...
That the bishop's memory may not suffer at the hands of any injudicious admirer of teetotal principles , we must add that his worthy chaplain says :- : " Never was there a more hearty entertainer . I have heard him say : " Tis not kind ...
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First of all , one single man never goes out to reconnoitre the enemy ; at least it is a very unusual thing . But even admitting this improbable hypothesis as a fact , who is there to prove that d'Assas really used the words above ...
First of all , one single man never goes out to reconnoitre the enemy ; at least it is a very unusual thing . But even admitting this improbable hypothesis as a fact , who is there to prove that d'Assas really used the words above ...
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His death is thus noticed by Dean Swift : 66 ' Dr. Duke died suddenly two or three nights ago ; he was one of the wits when we were children , but turned parson , and left it , and never ...
His death is thus noticed by Dean Swift : 66 ' Dr. Duke died suddenly two or three nights ago ; he was one of the wits when we were children , but turned parson , and left it , and never ...
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I humbly thank your majesty , " says Killigrew , " for the information you have given me ; for though I have often heard that our Saviour was crucified between two thieves , yet I never knew who they were till now .
I humbly thank your majesty , " says Killigrew , " for the information you have given me ; for though I have often heard that our Saviour was crucified between two thieves , yet I never knew who they were till now .
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Página 133 - And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, "All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient." And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.
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