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Page 171
... suggested by the contrast . What is a wayzgoose ? That is the name of an annual entertainment provided for the employees of a printing firm at their own expense or at that of their employers . It sometimes consists of an indoor dinner ...
... suggested by the contrast . What is a wayzgoose ? That is the name of an annual entertainment provided for the employees of a printing firm at their own expense or at that of their employers . It sometimes consists of an indoor dinner ...
Page 177
... suggested to the Spanish Government that an increase in the number of Negro slaves might result in freeing Indian captives , and he advised that each colonist be allowed to import twelve Negroes as substitutes for Indians . This , he ...
... suggested to the Spanish Government that an increase in the number of Negro slaves might result in freeing Indian captives , and he advised that each colonist be allowed to import twelve Negroes as substitutes for Indians . This , he ...
Page 196
George William Stimpson. and jewels in the heads of he - toads was originally suggested by the presence of toad - like outlines found in certain water- rounded stones . In As You Like It Shakespeare alluded to the belief that the toad's ...
George William Stimpson. and jewels in the heads of he - toads was originally suggested by the presence of toad - like outlines found in certain water- rounded stones . In As You Like It Shakespeare alluded to the belief that the toad's ...
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