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... letter d is curious , and is probably due to negro superstition that the letter might bring bad luck . Or it might have been done to bring the words into conformity with negro pronunciation . R. S. B. COCK ALE . “ Cock ale is made by ...
... letter d is curious , and is probably due to negro superstition that the letter might bring bad luck . Or it might have been done to bring the words into conformity with negro pronunciation . R. S. B. COCK ALE . “ Cock ale is made by ...
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... Letter or Parcel ...... is ...... conveyed to , and from Parts ...... not con- veniently served by the General ... Letters and Parcels will be taken in as usual . " These two quotations show that there was an office for the reception of ...
... Letter or Parcel ...... is ...... conveyed to , and from Parts ...... not con- veniently served by the General ... Letters and Parcels will be taken in as usual . " These two quotations show that there was an office for the reception of ...
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... Letter sent by the Author's Master to the Publisher , " and an attestation of the authenticity of the poems signed by some of the best - known men then living in Boston , including Governor Hutchinson , Lieut . Governor Oliver , John ...
... Letter sent by the Author's Master to the Publisher , " and an attestation of the authenticity of the poems signed by some of the best - known men then living in Boston , including Governor Hutchinson , Lieut . Governor Oliver , John ...
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... letter , of ' The Ship of Fools , ' 287 .; and first editions of Cowper's Poems , 2 vols . , 1782-5 , 18. 18 % . ( the first volume contains the suppressed preface written by John Newton , of which very few examples exist ) . A copy of ...
... letter , of ' The Ship of Fools , ' 287 .; and first editions of Cowper's Poems , 2 vols . , 1782-5 , 18. 18 % . ( the first volume contains the suppressed preface written by John Newton , of which very few examples exist ) . A copy of ...
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... letter affords grounds for speculation as to , first , what this gentle- woman surgeon " was in her everyday capacity ; secondly , how she had gained the knowledge that earned her the reputation that she appears to have acquired . Her ...
... letter affords grounds for speculation as to , first , what this gentle- woman surgeon " was in her everyday capacity ; secondly , how she had gained the knowledge that earned her the reputation that she appears to have acquired . Her ...
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