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... given already in the late Middle Ages to cer- tain boat races held on the Grand Canal in Venice between gondoliers . A valuable prize was given to the captain of the winning gondola , and as early as 1652 we find these regattas referred ...
... given already in the late Middle Ages to cer- tain boat races held on the Grand Canal in Venice between gondoliers . A valuable prize was given to the captain of the winning gondola , and as early as 1652 we find these regattas referred ...
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... given by the Oxford dictionary being dated 1902. It is undoubtedly the name of the Apache Indians , a warlike tribe of Athapascan stock in the Southwest , transferred to the desper- adoes of the French metropolis . Apache , pronounced a ...
... given by the Oxford dictionary being dated 1902. It is undoubtedly the name of the Apache Indians , a warlike tribe of Athapascan stock in the Southwest , transferred to the desper- adoes of the French metropolis . Apache , pronounced a ...
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... given after striking is often called a Scarborough warning . How the name originated is not definitely known . Some authorities suppose it to refer to the capture of Scar- borough Castle in England in 1557 by Thomas Stafford with- out ...
... given after striking is often called a Scarborough warning . How the name originated is not definitely known . Some authorities suppose it to refer to the capture of Scar- borough Castle in England in 1557 by Thomas Stafford with- out ...
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