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Page 116
... head - brushes , one long broom , one knee - buckle brush , and three clothes brushes , were handed to his lordship , who particularly examined the head - brushes . Nothing was now heard but peals of laughter . The only grave persons in ...
... head - brushes , one long broom , one knee - buckle brush , and three clothes brushes , were handed to his lordship , who particularly examined the head - brushes . Nothing was now heard but peals of laughter . The only grave persons in ...
Page 117
... head , coolly re- plied , " I have been just a thinking , your honour , what a charming dish my bacon face , and your calf's head , would make . " In a cause , Howard v . Mason , tried at the Carlisle Assizes in August , 1818 , Mr ...
... head , coolly re- plied , " I have been just a thinking , your honour , what a charming dish my bacon face , and your calf's head , would make . " In a cause , Howard v . Mason , tried at the Carlisle Assizes in August , 1818 , Mr ...
Page 94
... head of the House of Commons , that no supplies could be raised , no business carried on , and that Sir Robert Walpole was in imminent danger , Mr. Pulteney received a letter from the Duke of Newcastle , signifying that his grace had a ...
... head of the House of Commons , that no supplies could be raised , no business carried on , and that Sir Robert Walpole was in imminent danger , Mr. Pulteney received a letter from the Duke of Newcastle , signifying that his grace had a ...
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