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... Oxford . 1. What are " baldriggs " ? same as baldric ? " His bugle horn hung by his side , All in a wolf - skin baldric tied . " Lay of the Last Minstrel . The term is used as late as the year 1643. It then gives place to the word ...
... Oxford . 1. What are " baldriggs " ? same as baldric ? " His bugle horn hung by his side , All in a wolf - skin baldric tied . " Lay of the Last Minstrel . The term is used as late as the year 1643. It then gives place to the word ...
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... Oxford . [ See " St. Julian , " p . 14. ] OFFICERS IN UNIFORM WHEN OFF DUTY . - If Pugin's and Rowlandson's illustrations to Acker- mann's Microcosm of London are correct , naval and military officers commonly wore their uniforms in ...
... Oxford . [ See " St. Julian , " p . 14. ] OFFICERS IN UNIFORM WHEN OFF DUTY . - If Pugin's and Rowlandson's illustrations to Acker- mann's Microcosm of London are correct , naval and military officers commonly wore their uniforms in ...
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... Oxford . THE JEWS ( 5th S. ix . 209 , 274 . ) - Herr Mosen- thal of Vienna , author of Leah and several other dramatic pieces , was a Jew , and his brother Julius was for several years Austrian Consul in the Cape Colony . Emanuel ...
... Oxford . THE JEWS ( 5th S. ix . 209 , 274 . ) - Herr Mosen- thal of Vienna , author of Leah and several other dramatic pieces , was a Jew , and his brother Julius was for several years Austrian Consul in the Cape Colony . Emanuel ...
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... OXFORD " ( 5th book in 1814. They were at the time popularly supposed in the university to represent the under- mentioned personages , but as he observes in his letter to me , " I fancy none of them are now alive , either to confirm or ...
... OXFORD " ( 5th book in 1814. They were at the time popularly supposed in the university to represent the under- mentioned personages , but as he observes in his letter to me , " I fancy none of them are now alive , either to confirm or ...
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... OXFORD , IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY . -The following , extracted from the household accounts of All Souls ' , may be worthy of a place in " N. & Q. " The first is dated 1573 ; the others are of nearly the same age . 1 . You Bursers , who ...
... OXFORD , IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY . -The following , extracted from the household accounts of All Souls ' , may be worthy of a place in " N. & Q. " The first is dated 1573 ; the others are of nearly the same age . 1 . You Bursers , who ...
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