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... became a city in 1845. Pop . ( 1880 ) 21,966 ; ( 1920 ) 115,777 ; ( 1940 ) 144,332 . I. G. E. NORFOLK , EARLDOM AND DUKEDOM OF . Ralph the Staller , baron of Gael in Brittany , who is shown in Domesday Book as having extensive estates ...
... became a city in 1845. Pop . ( 1880 ) 21,966 ; ( 1920 ) 115,777 ; ( 1940 ) 144,332 . I. G. E. NORFOLK , EARLDOM AND DUKEDOM OF . Ralph the Staller , baron of Gael in Brittany , who is shown in Domesday Book as having extensive estates ...
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... became freeholders , effectively supported by the establishment in 1851 of a national bank for land mortgages . Soon after 1850 the settled rural labourers began to dis- appear and the whole farming class was thoroughly democratized ...
... became freeholders , effectively supported by the establishment in 1851 of a national bank for land mortgages . Soon after 1850 the settled rural labourers began to dis- appear and the whole farming class was thoroughly democratized ...
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... became surgeon to Marshal Montijean in the campaign for Turin . He discovered that gun- shot wounds , till then treated with boiling oil , healed quicker and with less pain if dressed with a simple salve of egg yolk , attar of roses and ...
... became surgeon to Marshal Montijean in the campaign for Turin . He discovered that gun- shot wounds , till then treated with boiling oil , healed quicker and with less pain if dressed with a simple salve of egg yolk , attar of roses and ...
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