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... Earl of Lindsey , " Loyaltè me oblige . " JOHN PICKFORD , M.A. Newbourne Rectory , Woodbridge . " TO BE NO BETTER THAN ONE SHOULD BE . " - What is the origin of this phrase ? I remember meeting with it in an Irish novel , Hector O'Hal ...
... Earl of Lindsey , " Loyaltè me oblige . " JOHN PICKFORD , M.A. Newbourne Rectory , Woodbridge . " TO BE NO BETTER THAN ONE SHOULD BE . " - What is the origin of this phrase ? I remember meeting with it in an Irish novel , Hector O'Hal ...
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... earls , with his name are certainly not wanting here ; and the marquises , and dukes . As COL . CHESTER objects qualities which these characters impart to his recent work are all the more valuable that they induce us to my harmless ...
... earls , with his name are certainly not wanting here ; and the marquises , and dukes . As COL . CHESTER objects qualities which these characters impart to his recent work are all the more valuable that they induce us to my harmless ...
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... Earl of Northampton , 22— Folk - Lore , 23 - The Household Accounts of All Souls ' , Ox- ford - The Inadequacy of Language to Express Ideas , 24- " Gulliver's Travels " - " To write like an angel , " 25 - Sir H. Trelawny - Barnefielde ...
... Earl of Northampton , 22— Folk - Lore , 23 - The Household Accounts of All Souls ' , Ox- ford - The Inadequacy of Language to Express Ideas , 24- " Gulliver's Travels " - " To write like an angel , " 25 - Sir H. Trelawny - Barnefielde ...
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... Earl of Northampton , was slain at the battle of Hopton Heath on March 19 , 1643 , the Parliamentarian leaders refused to give up his body ( edit . 1843 , p . 350 ) , it is not unworthy of the attention of the readers of " N. & Q. " It ...
... Earl of Northampton , was slain at the battle of Hopton Heath on March 19 , 1643 , the Parliamentarian leaders refused to give up his body ( edit . 1843 , p . 350 ) , it is not unworthy of the attention of the readers of " N. & Q. " It ...
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The writer , James , the third earl , served the king through the whole war . He married ( 1 ) Isabella , daughter and co - heiress of Richard Sackville , Earl of Dorset , and ( 2 ) Mary , daughter of Baptist Noel , Viscount Campden ...
The writer , James , the third earl , served the king through the whole war . He married ( 1 ) Isabella , daughter and co - heiress of Richard Sackville , Earl of Dorset , and ( 2 ) Mary , daughter of Baptist Noel , Viscount Campden ...
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