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... HISTORY OF JOSHUA DAVID- SON . By E. LYNN LINTON . OLD STORIES RE - TOLD . By WALTER THORNBURY . PUNIANA . By the Hon . HUGH ROWLEY . MORE PUNIANA . By the Hon . HUGH ROWLEY . THOREAU : HIS LIFE AND AIMS . H. A. PAGE . By BY STREAM AND ...
... HISTORY OF JOSHUA DAVID- SON . By E. LYNN LINTON . OLD STORIES RE - TOLD . By WALTER THORNBURY . PUNIANA . By the Hon . HUGH ROWLEY . MORE PUNIANA . By the Hon . HUGH ROWLEY . THOREAU : HIS LIFE AND AIMS . H. A. PAGE . By BY STREAM AND ...
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... history of macaronic poetry , together with a collection of the principal works of this nature . In this country he has been followed by Mr. Sandys , who published in 1831 an interesting work entitled " Specimens of Macaronic Poetry ...
... history of macaronic poetry , together with a collection of the principal works of this nature . In this country he has been followed by Mr. Sandys , who published in 1831 an interesting work entitled " Specimens of Macaronic Poetry ...
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... History of Music , " overwhelmes and smashes the whole of the combatants into nothingness . One of the best of these older macaronics is the following diploma , written by William Meston , M.A. , Professor of Philosophy in Marischal Col ...
... History of Music , " overwhelmes and smashes the whole of the combatants into nothingness . One of the best of these older macaronics is the following diploma , written by William Meston , M.A. , Professor of Philosophy in Marischal Col ...
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... History in Edinburgh , and amongst them was the following : FROSTEÏDOS . - LIBER SOLUS . Frosty policeque cano , Reekie qui primus ab office In High Street , ad College venibant quellere riot , Regiment assistente novem et septuaginta ...
... History in Edinburgh , and amongst them was the following : FROSTEÏDOS . - LIBER SOLUS . Frosty policeque cano , Reekie qui primus ab office In High Street , ad College venibant quellere riot , Regiment assistente novem et septuaginta ...
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... twelfth century . The Cento of Proba Falconia is also selected from the works of Virgil , and contains the history of Adam and Eve , together with a life of our Saviour . Roman proconsul , and belonged to the ( 176 ) CENTONES OR MOSAICS.
... twelfth century . The Cento of Proba Falconia is also selected from the works of Virgil , and contains the history of Adam and Eve , together with a life of our Saviour . Roman proconsul , and belonged to the ( 176 ) CENTONES OR MOSAICS.
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