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... called Old- concerned . When Cromwell was made Protector borne , which had his fall into the river of the he sent two commissioners , named Hugh Peters Wells . " This river of Wells was the Fleet Ditch , and Vavasor Powell , to turn out ...
... called Old- concerned . When Cromwell was made Protector borne , which had his fall into the river of the he sent two commissioners , named Hugh Peters Wells . " This river of Wells was the Fleet Ditch , and Vavasor Powell , to turn out ...
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... called the New Church , though it the main thoroughfare at this point considerably . had been completed since 1717. On July 1 the Its removal as an obstruction commenced on the sailors gathered in force with cutlasses and blud- last day ...
... called the New Church , though it the main thoroughfare at this point considerably . had been completed since 1717. On July 1 the Its removal as an obstruction commenced on the sailors gathered in force with cutlasses and blud- last day ...
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... called federations , and flew to arms , sometimes in one place , sometimes in another . For the space of several years the record of these so - called military operations would simply be " a dull bideous catalogue of slaughter . " It ...
... called federations , and flew to arms , sometimes in one place , sometimes in another . For the space of several years the record of these so - called military operations would simply be " a dull bideous catalogue of slaughter . " It ...
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... called sea - blue . J.'DIXON . " BUTT " = PLAICE ( 8th S. vi . 449 ) .- This word is used in Kent : " A small flat fish , otherwise called the flounder . They are caught in the river at Sandwich by spearing them in the mud , like eels ...
... called sea - blue . J.'DIXON . " BUTT " = PLAICE ( 8th S. vi . 449 ) .- This word is used in Kent : " A small flat fish , otherwise called the flounder . They are caught in the river at Sandwich by spearing them in the mud , like eels ...
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... called Euphorbia pulcherrima , and so much admired for its coloured bracts ) derives its ordinary designa- tion is frequently given incorrectly . In Paxton's ' Botanical Dictionary ' ( Hereman's edition ) , he is called Mr. Poinsette ...
... called Euphorbia pulcherrima , and so much admired for its coloured bracts ) derives its ordinary designa- tion is frequently given incorrectly . In Paxton's ' Botanical Dictionary ' ( Hereman's edition ) , he is called Mr. Poinsette ...
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