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... Lord and the twelve apostles . In days gone by this festival was chiefly marked by the custom of drawing for king and queen by lots - a practice , according to some , derived from the Roman Saturn- alia , when at its completion children ...
... Lord and the twelve apostles . In days gone by this festival was chiefly marked by the custom of drawing for king and queen by lots - a practice , according to some , derived from the Roman Saturn- alia , when at its completion children ...
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... LORD NAIRN WAS SAVED . " - In one of Sir Francis Doyle's poems , How Lord Nairn was Saved ( if my memory serves me rightly ) , there occurs the following line , " And Kenmuir's lads are men in vain . " To what does this expression refer ...
... LORD NAIRN WAS SAVED . " - In one of Sir Francis Doyle's poems , How Lord Nairn was Saved ( if my memory serves me rightly ) , there occurs the following line , " And Kenmuir's lads are men in vain . " To what does this expression refer ...
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... Lord Henry Fitzroy and in London , being the 18th day of June , at the manor , or place , of Bridewell , the said Lord ledde by twoo Erles was created Earle of Nottingham , then he was brought back again by the said twoo Erles . Then ...
... Lord Henry Fitzroy and in London , being the 18th day of June , at the manor , or place , of Bridewell , the said Lord ledde by twoo Erles was created Earle of Nottingham , then he was brought back again by the said twoo Erles . Then ...
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... Lord Taylboys , Lord of Kyme , wych maried Elizabeth Blount , one of the daughters of Sir John Blount of Kynlet in the counte of Shropshire , Knight . wych Lord Taylboys departed forth of this world the xyth day of April A Dni m.ccccc ...
... Lord Taylboys , Lord of Kyme , wych maried Elizabeth Blount , one of the daughters of Sir John Blount of Kynlet in the counte of Shropshire , Knight . wych Lord Taylboys departed forth of this world the xyth day of April A Dni m.ccccc ...
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... lords , the conditions must necessarily have been in part dependent also upon the soil and local circum- stances . The ... lord and his tenants . And strange as such a custom now appears to us , the reason for it may be seen in the fact ...
... lords , the conditions must necessarily have been in part dependent also upon the soil and local circum- stances . The ... lord and his tenants . And strange as such a custom now appears to us , the reason for it may be seen in the fact ...
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