The Anglo-Saxon SagasSmith, 1861 - 178 pages |
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Page 2 - Whereto is added, the proofs of Parliamentary Sitting, from the Reign of Edward I. to Queen Anne ; also, a Glossary of Dormant English, Scotch, and Irish Peerage Titles, with reference to presumed existing Heirs.
Page 3 - The plates with which the volume is enriched add considerably to its value in this point of view. It is not to be denied that, take it altogether, it contains more matter than has ever before been collected in one view upon the same subject.
Page 177 - Person, and others, from the Manuscript Papers of the late EH Barker, Esq., of Thetford, Norfolk, with an Original Memoir of the Author. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, 12s. MILTON'S EARLY READING, and the prima stamina of his " Paradise Lost," together with Extracts from a Poet of the XVIth Century (Joshua Sylvester).