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... word cratch occur in St. Luke's Gos- pel ? - And this shall be a sign unto you ; you shall finde the Childe swadled , and layd in a cratch .. So they came with haste , and found both Mary and Joseph with the Babe layd in the cratch ...
... word cratch occur in St. Luke's Gos- pel ? - And this shall be a sign unto you ; you shall finde the Childe swadled , and layd in a cratch .. So they came with haste , and found both Mary and Joseph with the Babe layd in the cratch ...
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... word Wayternesse ought to have been printed Waytern - fee ; the word in the original roll had been misread by the transcriber of the In the original record , now in copy seen by me . the Public Repertory , the last syllable is clearly ...
... word Wayternesse ought to have been printed Waytern - fee ; the word in the original roll had been misread by the transcriber of the In the original record , now in copy seen by me . the Public Repertory , the last syllable is clearly ...
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... word mil is constantly used in an indefinite sense , like the corresponding word in French and Latin , & c . But mil velos , in the passage referred to in Don Quixote ( part II . Cap . XXXV . ) cannot , I think , mean " an immense large ...
... word mil is constantly used in an indefinite sense , like the corresponding word in French and Latin , & c . But mil velos , in the passage referred to in Don Quixote ( part II . Cap . XXXV . ) cannot , I think , mean " an immense large ...
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... word to the action . " 99 66 Hamlet means " ass , " and does not intend to weaken what he means by supplying it by such an innocent word as " peacock , ' paddock , " & c . He says , " A very , very and then he BTS nothing more , but ...
... word to the action . " 99 66 Hamlet means " ass , " and does not intend to weaken what he means by supplying it by such an innocent word as " peacock , ' paddock , " & c . He says , " A very , very and then he BTS nothing more , but ...
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... word " donkey " is not to be found in a dictionary , un- less it be that of Mr. Hotten . Why an ass should be called " Edward " or " Neddy , " appears to be a query equally as hard to be satisfactorily an- wered as the inquiry that I ...
... word " donkey " is not to be found in a dictionary , un- less it be that of Mr. Hotten . Why an ass should be called " Edward " or " Neddy , " appears to be a query equally as hard to be satisfactorily an- wered as the inquiry that I ...
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