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... Proposal for the Publication of a new English Dic- tionary by the Philological Society . London : 1859 , 365 IV . Correspondence of Charles , first Marquis Cornwallis . Edited , with Notes , by Charles Ross , Esq . 3 vols . Svo . London ...
... Proposal for the Publication of a new English Dic- tionary by the Philological Society . London : 1859 , 365 IV . Correspondence of Charles , first Marquis Cornwallis . Edited , with Notes , by Charles Ross , Esq . 3 vols . Svo . London ...
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... proposed to treat some of his tawny brethren like a drove of forest - ponies , and the other suggested , or at least sanctioned , the proposal that negroes might be brought over the sea to relieve the over - tasked and vanishing Indians ...
... proposed to treat some of his tawny brethren like a drove of forest - ponies , and the other suggested , or at least sanctioned , the proposal that negroes might be brought over the sea to relieve the over - tasked and vanishing Indians ...
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... propose to select of Ferdinand's willingness to hear all men , and to do them right , when heard . We have chosen this example from several others which the volumes before us would furnish because of the balance of forces brought to act ...
... propose to select of Ferdinand's willingness to hear all men , and to do them right , when heard . We have chosen this example from several others which the volumes before us would furnish because of the balance of forces brought to act ...
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... proposed to establish a huge farm for the growth of corn and the manu- facture of bread , enough for all Castile , ' on condition that his vassals were not to pay tribute in gold , as they did not know how to collect it . His proposal ...
... proposed to establish a huge farm for the growth of corn and the manu- facture of bread , enough for all Castile , ' on condition that his vassals were not to pay tribute in gold , as they did not know how to collect it . His proposal ...
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... propose to treat , especially adverting to some points with which the general public , and even most of the persons assured in the various offices , are commonly found to be imperfectly acquainted . Referring , in the first place , to ...
... propose to treat , especially adverting to some points with which the general public , and even most of the persons assured in the various offices , are commonly found to be imperfectly acquainted . Referring , in the first place , to ...
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