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... called by the ancients a Dracontium " was to be found . On further investigation it came to light that the word " Dracontium was actually coined by an ingenious , but rather extravagant , antiquary , Dr. Stukeley , as a name very ...
... called by the ancients a Dracontium " was to be found . On further investigation it came to light that the word " Dracontium was actually coined by an ingenious , but rather extravagant , antiquary , Dr. Stukeley , as a name very ...
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... called has disappeared ? The name is found in many old maps , somewhere about the present position of Barbadoes ; but the histories of this island do not state that it was ever called after the Bishop of Burgos . I see by the published ...
... called has disappeared ? The name is found in many old maps , somewhere about the present position of Barbadoes ; but the histories of this island do not state that it was ever called after the Bishop of Burgos . I see by the published ...
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... called " Sodorenses , " from a corruption of the Norwegian designation Sudreyiar , from Suor , south . What are the names of these islands ? Dr. Oliver , in his Monumenta de Insula Mannia ( i . 177 , note ) , says they included Arran ...
... called " Sodorenses , " from a corruption of the Norwegian designation Sudreyiar , from Suor , south . What are the names of these islands ? Dr. Oliver , in his Monumenta de Insula Mannia ( i . 177 , note ) , says they included Arran ...
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... called to part for ever in this world with " gay Eleanora's smile " ; for the latter was taken away on June 2 , 1829 ; and it was not till Decem- ber 8 , 1831 , that her accomplished and desolate friend was called to rejoin her in ...
... called to part for ever in this world with " gay Eleanora's smile " ; for the latter was taken away on June 2 , 1829 ; and it was not till Decem- ber 8 , 1831 , that her accomplished and desolate friend was called to rejoin her in ...
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... called Count Combe , ' till his extravagance had dissipated a noble fortune ; and then , addressing him- self to literature , the Count was forgotten in the author . In the Gentleman's Magazine for May , 1852 , there is a list of his ...
... called Count Combe , ' till his extravagance had dissipated a noble fortune ; and then , addressing him- self to literature , the Count was forgotten in the author . In the Gentleman's Magazine for May , 1852 , there is a list of his ...
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