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... once taken Dean KITCHIN'S book into his hands will lay it aside before he has thoroughly imbibed the information and historical criticism contained in its two hundred pages . ' NOTES AND QUERIES . With 3 Maps . NEW YORK . BY THEODORE ...
... once taken Dean KITCHIN'S book into his hands will lay it aside before he has thoroughly imbibed the information and historical criticism contained in its two hundred pages . ' NOTES AND QUERIES . With 3 Maps . NEW YORK . BY THEODORE ...
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... Once more Oxford was the seat of that great , though irregular , meeting of 1065 , in which the claims of the Northumbrian insurgents and of the Mercian earls were finally granted - that is , when Wessex once more gave way to Mercia ...
... Once more Oxford was the seat of that great , though irregular , meeting of 1065 , in which the claims of the Northumbrian insurgents and of the Mercian earls were finally granted - that is , when Wessex once more gave way to Mercia ...
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... once a name for part of the Thames , as has been conjectured . But as Osanlea occurs in the Abingdon Chronicle , Oseney may have been named from an early owner , Osa . There are many similar names for islands in that chronicle , such as ...
... once a name for part of the Thames , as has been conjectured . But as Osanlea occurs in the Abingdon Chronicle , Oseney may have been named from an early owner , Osa . There are many similar names for islands in that chronicle , such as ...
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... Once on a time Edith heard some magpies chattering on a tree by the side of the river , and asked Ralph , her confessor , who knew the language of birds , what it meant . He told her that the pies were no other than souls in purgatory ...
... Once on a time Edith heard some magpies chattering on a tree by the side of the river , and asked Ralph , her confessor , who knew the language of birds , what it meant . He told her that the pies were no other than souls in purgatory ...
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... once , and barges came up to it , on the Cherwell ; and seventy fullers and weavers were altogether there sometime inhabiting . There was also a wool market in Northgate Hundred , called Forum Parvys . In a Roll , 31 Edward I. , J ...
... once , and barges came up to it , on the Cherwell ; and seventy fullers and weavers were altogether there sometime inhabiting . There was also a wool market in Northgate Hundred , called Forum Parvys . In a Roll , 31 Edward I. , J ...
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