Biographia Britannica Literaria: Anglo-Saxon periodJ.W. Parker, 1842 - Anglo-Norman literature |
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... clothing is renewed to those who before coming forth let their ornaments lie in their track , to depart over the earth . The Anglo - Saxons were especially partial to riddles founded on Scripture , thinking , perhaps , that they exhi ...
... clothing is renewed to those who before coming forth let their ornaments lie in their track , to depart over the earth . The Anglo - Saxons were especially partial to riddles founded on Scripture , thinking , perhaps , that they exhi ...
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... , knead them well together , put them in a cloth , tie them up fast , lay them in sweet wine , let one drop fall on the eye . from the difficulty of identifying the disease under the names 98 [ Introd . MEDICAL PRACTICE .
... , knead them well together , put them in a cloth , tie them up fast , lay them in sweet wine , let one drop fall on the eye . from the difficulty of identifying the disease under the names 98 [ Introd . MEDICAL PRACTICE .
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... cloth . 68 LARGE PAPER , in 4to , cloth . 98 . An exceedingly interesting book , giving many particulars of the American War , and the state of parties during that period . WORTHIES OF WESTMORELAND , or Biographies of Notable Persons ...
... cloth . 68 LARGE PAPER , in 4to , cloth . 98 . An exceedingly interesting book , giving many particulars of the American War , and the state of parties during that period . WORTHIES OF WESTMORELAND , or Biographies of Notable Persons ...
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... cloth . 15s . This work contains upwards of forty documents respecting Shakespeare and his Family , never before published , besides numerous others indirectly illus trating the Poet's Biography . All the anecdotes and traditions ...
... cloth . 15s . This work contains upwards of forty documents respecting Shakespeare and his Family , never before published , besides numerous others indirectly illus trating the Poet's Biography . All the anecdotes and traditions ...
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... cloth . The Author of this curious , and hitherto unpublished piece of Autobiography , is well known by the several works of which he was the author as well as printer . The narrative is full , written in an easy and unaffected style ...
... cloth . The Author of this curious , and hitherto unpublished piece of Autobiography , is well known by the several works of which he was the author as well as printer . The narrative is full , written in an easy and unaffected style ...
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