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... still - Mr . E. H. Budd : - " I return the proof - sheets of the History of my Contemporaries , and can truly say that they do indeed remind me of old times . I find one thing only to correct , which I hope you will THE FIRST EDITION . xi.
... still - Mr . E. H. Budd : - " I return the proof - sheets of the History of my Contemporaries , and can truly say that they do indeed remind me of old times . I find one thing only to correct , which I hope you will THE FIRST EDITION . xi.
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James Pycroft. thing only to correct , which I hope you will be in time to alter , for your accuracy will then , to the best of my belief , be wholly without excep- tion : - write twenty guineas , and not twenty - five , as the sum ...
James Pycroft. thing only to correct , which I hope you will be in time to alter , for your accuracy will then , to the best of my belief , be wholly without excep- tion : - write twenty guineas , and not twenty - five , as the sum ...
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... thing that gives them trouble . " For these reasons we drew more largely on our funds of anecdote and illustration , which had been greatly enriched by the contributions of a highly valued corre- spondent - Mr. E. S. E. Hartopp . When ...
... thing that gives them trouble . " For these reasons we drew more largely on our funds of anecdote and illustration , which had been greatly enriched by the contributions of a highly valued corre- spondent - Mr. E. S. E. Hartopp . When ...
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... board , cricket , stow - ball , ringing of bells , quoits , pitching the bar , bull and bear bait- ings , throwing at cocks , and lying at ale - houses . ” ( ! ) The lawyers have a rule that to specify one thing B 4 ORIGIN OF THE GAME .
... board , cricket , stow - ball , ringing of bells , quoits , pitching the bar , bull and bear bait- ings , throwing at cocks , and lying at ale - houses . ” ( ! ) The lawyers have a rule that to specify one thing B 4 ORIGIN OF THE GAME .
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... thing itself may be much older than its name ; and , secondly , the " silence of antiquity ' is no conclusive evidence that even the name of Cricket was really unknown . " " Thus do we refute those who assert a negative as to the ...
... thing itself may be much older than its name ; and , secondly , the " silence of antiquity ' is no conclusive evidence that even the name of Cricket was really unknown . " " Thus do we refute those who assert a negative as to the ...
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