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Page 521
... John ) , his portrait , execution. Queries , with No. 299 , July 19 , 1879 . 286 Ginnel , its meaning , 198 A. ( A. S. ) on American clergy , 58 Butler ( John ) , Bp . of Cork , 69 Celts and Saxons , 213 Eusden ( Laurence ) , Poet ...
... John ) , his portrait , execution. Queries , with No. 299 , July 19 , 1879 . 286 Ginnel , its meaning , 198 A. ( A. S. ) on American clergy , 58 Butler ( John ) , Bp . of Cork , 69 Celts and Saxons , 213 Eusden ( Laurence ) , Poet ...
Page 523
... ( John ) , spelling of his name , 232 Banker poets , 6 Barbadoes , its registers , 178 Barbary , human sacrifices in , 89 Barbeau sprig , a china pattern , 353 , 377 Barbers ' shop forfeits , 33 Bargaining : Prix fixe , 207 Barker ( Col. John ) ...
... ( John ) , spelling of his name , 232 Banker poets , 6 Barbadoes , its registers , 178 Barbary , human sacrifices in , 89 Barbeau sprig , a china pattern , 353 , 377 Barbers ' shop forfeits , 33 Bargaining : Prix fixe , 207 Barker ( Col. John ) ...
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... John's Gospel in Anglo - Saxon , 220 Sandys's In the Beginning , 340 Shakespeare's Time , by Edwin Goadby , 140 Shropshire Word - Book , by G. F. Jackson , part i . , 519 Sussex Archæological Collections , vol . xxxix . , 379 Sydney ...
... John's Gospel in Anglo - Saxon , 220 Sandys's In the Beginning , 340 Shakespeare's Time , by Edwin Goadby , 140 Shropshire Word - Book , by G. F. Jackson , part i . , 519 Sussex Archæological Collections , vol . xxxix . , 379 Sydney ...
Page 528
... John Butler , Bp . of Cork , 69 Copenhagen , altar - piece at , 147 Copper's nark = Police spy , 406 Cornish dialect in old plays , 146 Cornwall , its earls before the Conquest , 469 Cospatric or Gospatric , Christian name , 35 Costs ...
... John Butler , Bp . of Cork , 69 Copenhagen , altar - piece at , 147 Copper's nark = Police spy , 406 Cornish dialect in old plays , 146 Cornwall , its earls before the Conquest , 469 Cospatric or Gospatric , Christian name , 35 Costs ...
Page 529
... John Bunyan , 125 Count Street , Nottingham , 216 Epitaphs , 346 , 454 D. ( J. ) on payments in church porches , 431 Cinnus , its meaning , 215 Hems , its meaning , 93 Shakspeariana , 363 D. ( M. ) on Slide of Alpnach , 454 " Man in the ...
... John Bunyan , 125 Count Street , Nottingham , 216 Epitaphs , 346 , 454 D. ( J. ) on payments in church porches , 431 Cinnus , its meaning , 215 Hems , its meaning , 93 Shakspeariana , 363 D. ( M. ) on Slide of Alpnach , 454 " Man in the ...
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