The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 14G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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Page 33
... appeared to be more knave than fool , and that his ignorance was in all probability paid for by the defendant . FEMALE ADVOCATE . Mademoiselle Bourgoin , one of the most elegant actresses in Paris , appeared some time ago in a new ...
... appeared to be more knave than fool , and that his ignorance was in all probability paid for by the defendant . FEMALE ADVOCATE . Mademoiselle Bourgoin , one of the most elegant actresses in Paris , appeared some time ago in a new ...
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... appeared that the returning officer had returned a candidate with only thirty - seven votes , in preference to another who had eighty - six . Of the latter he had queried seventy - six , but made his return without examining the ...
... appeared that the returning officer had returned a candidate with only thirty - seven votes , in preference to another who had eighty - six . Of the latter he had queried seventy - six , but made his return without examining the ...
Page 162
... appeared to have been omitted , and was now wanting to render the passage grammatical . The Speaker ob- served ... appearing there was some omission , they filled it up with the word " tax . " The Speaker added , that these matters ...
... appeared to have been omitted , and was now wanting to render the passage grammatical . The Speaker ob- served ... appearing there was some omission , they filled it up with the word " tax . " The Speaker added , that these matters ...
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