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... nearly £ 1,000 . Alderman Harmer's collection was to be sold , in which was Sir Joshua Reynolds's exquisite picture , " The Age of Innocence . " When it was put up , and the biddings approached £ 500 , there were only three people ...
... nearly £ 1,000 . Alderman Harmer's collection was to be sold , in which was Sir Joshua Reynolds's exquisite picture , " The Age of Innocence . " When it was put up , and the biddings approached £ 500 , there were only three people ...
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... nearly as I can remember it ran thus : " F. M. the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr. Vernon Heath . Apsley House is the Duke's private residence , and is now occupied by himself and his friends . His rooms and pictures ...
... nearly as I can remember it ran thus : " F. M. the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr. Vernon Heath . Apsley House is the Duke's private residence , and is now occupied by himself and his friends . His rooms and pictures ...
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... nearly £ 2,000 . negative taken at Sandringham in 1864 of two Indian mastiffs , the property of the Prince of Wales , brought nearly £ 1,000 . - A But to return to the Thames . At the time of my earliest acquaintance with it , how ...
... nearly £ 2,000 . negative taken at Sandringham in 1864 of two Indian mastiffs , the property of the Prince of Wales , brought nearly £ 1,000 . - A But to return to the Thames . At the time of my earliest acquaintance with it , how ...
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... nearly every instance , long before a boat reaches its destination , they are worthless , as they com- mence to die as soon as they are out of the water . I have stood on the landing - stage at Henley , and watched boat after boat ...
... nearly every instance , long before a boat reaches its destination , they are worthless , as they com- mence to die as soon as they are out of the water . I have stood on the landing - stage at Henley , and watched boat after boat ...
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... nearly to the river , on the right . So we come to the way to Cookham Lock , the woods of Hedsor ( Lord Boston ) being seen right . on the After passing through the lock , and the narrow cut which leads to the broad river , we 70 VERNON ...
... nearly to the river , on the right . So we come to the way to Cookham Lock , the woods of Hedsor ( Lord Boston ) being seen right . on the After passing through the lock , and the narrow cut which leads to the broad river , we 70 VERNON ...
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