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... means conducive to cleanliness or comfort , it is highly favourable to grandeur of appearance and archi- tectural effect : for by this means the houses are built upon so much larger a scale that their exterior is susceptible of fine ...
... means conducive to cleanliness or comfort , it is highly favourable to grandeur of appearance and archi- tectural effect : for by this means the houses are built upon so much larger a scale that their exterior is susceptible of fine ...
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... means a four- legged bedstead . I do not think MR . THOMAS's other informant is wrong in saying that a person can learn to swim with a mussuk in three or four trials . It is not a question of swimming , but of floating ; and if a person ...
... means a four- legged bedstead . I do not think MR . THOMAS's other informant is wrong in saying that a person can learn to swim with a mussuk in three or four trials . It is not a question of swimming , but of floating ; and if a person ...
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... means A.-S. witan , gen . of wita , a " wit " or counsellor , also used as a proper name ; whence Witham means " Wita's home , " as I have said already . The spelling Witteham merely means that the i is short , as is the fact . The ...
... means A.-S. witan , gen . of wita , a " wit " or counsellor , also used as a proper name ; whence Witham means " Wita's home , " as I have said already . The spelling Witteham merely means that the i is short , as is the fact . The ...
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Stows Survey Sir John Pulteneys Cold | 344 |
Lady Dilke | 360 |
several years ago Mr Fairman Ordish | 370 |
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