An Old Shropshire Oak, Volume 3K. Paul, Trench, & Company, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... bury in his well - known Life - ' had his age answered his youth or expectation , none of his predecessors could have . exceeded him ; but as his exquisite endowments of nature engaged him often to become a prey of those allurements and ...
... bury in his well - known Life - ' had his age answered his youth or expectation , none of his predecessors could have . exceeded him ; but as his exquisite endowments of nature engaged him often to become a prey of those allurements and ...
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... was of Shrewsbury cotton , to the intent that he should not be knownne . ' I suppose Shrews- bury cotton in this passage to mean flannel ; just as the French of Stratford atte Bowe , in Chaucer , as 8 AN OLD SHROPSHIRE OAK .
... was of Shrewsbury cotton , to the intent that he should not be knownne . ' I suppose Shrews- bury cotton in this passage to mean flannel ; just as the French of Stratford atte Bowe , in Chaucer , as 8 AN OLD SHROPSHIRE OAK .
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... bury beggar , but never before had his conduct been so repre- hensible . The consequence was that he was severely repri- manded , and threatened with the loss of the leopard . From what I picked up from the good Old Oak there seems to ...
... bury beggar , but never before had his conduct been so repre- hensible . The consequence was that he was severely repri- manded , and threatened with the loss of the leopard . From what I picked up from the good Old Oak there seems to ...
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... bury . It was quite clear to them that great changes were likely to take place , and if the prosperity of the Old Town was not so great as formerly - which seems to be the case -light was dawning upon the people , nevertheless , and a ...
... bury . It was quite clear to them that great changes were likely to take place , and if the prosperity of the Old Town was not so great as formerly - which seems to be the case -light was dawning upon the people , nevertheless , and a ...
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... bury , were usually entertained at the Abbey , and it was at one of these great feasts -- or gaudys , as they began to be called - that the rector of Hanwood first heard the report of Henry's marriage with Anne Boleyn , on which ...
... bury , were usually entertained at the Abbey , and it was at one of these great feasts -- or gaudys , as they began to be called - that the rector of Hanwood first heard the report of Henry's marriage with Anne Boleyn , on which ...
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