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... Freolice , festive , lively , quick , merry , frolic ; and Freols , a feast , festival , or holiday , mirth , pleasant- ness , jollity . - See Somner's Saxon Glossary . in quarto , in 1609 , and afterwards inserted in 16 INTRODUCTION .
... Freolice , festive , lively , quick , merry , frolic ; and Freols , a feast , festival , or holiday , mirth , pleasant- ness , jollity . - See Somner's Saxon Glossary . in quarto , in 1609 , and afterwards inserted in 16 INTRODUCTION .
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... Glossary , and a Poem on the Soul and Body , of the XIIth Century , discovered among the Archives of Worcester Cathedral , by Sir THOMAS PHILLIPPS , Bart . Folio , PRIVATELY PRINTED , sewed . 1s 6d Several other Anglo - Saxon works will ...
... Glossary , and a Poem on the Soul and Body , of the XIIth Century , discovered among the Archives of Worcester Cathedral , by Sir THOMAS PHILLIPPS , Bart . Folio , PRIVATELY PRINTED , sewed . 1s 6d Several other Anglo - Saxon works will ...
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... Glossary of Dormant English , Scotch , and Irish Peerage Titles , with reference to presumed existing Heirs . 2 vols , 4to , cloth . 158 ( original price £ 3 . 38 ) LARGE PAPER COPY ( very few printed ) . 2 vols . £ 1 . 1s A book of ...
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... Glossary at the end . " - Athenæum , Oct. 20 , 1849 . BARNES ( Rev. W. ) Notes on Ancient Briton and the Britons . Fcap . 8vo , cloth . 3s " Mr. Barnes has given us the result of his Collections for a Course of Lectures on this subject ...
... Glossary at the end . " - Athenæum , Oct. 20 , 1849 . BARNES ( Rev. W. ) Notes on Ancient Briton and the Britons . Fcap . 8vo , cloth . 3s " Mr. Barnes has given us the result of his Collections for a Course of Lectures on this subject ...
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... glossaries of the English language ) , forming a complete key for the reader of our old Poets , Dramatists , Theologians , and other authors , whose works abound with allusions , of which explanations are not to be found in ordinary ...
... glossaries of the English language ) , forming a complete key for the reader of our old Poets , Dramatists , Theologians , and other authors , whose works abound with allusions , of which explanations are not to be found in ordinary ...
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