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lived 169 years ; and regard with doubt that of the Countess of Desmond , whose age is recounted at 148 ; yet we cannot equally reject the evidence as to the 152 years of Thomas Parr's life , ac- credited as it is by the testimony of ...
lived 169 years ; and regard with doubt that of the Countess of Desmond , whose age is recounted at 148 ; yet we cannot equally reject the evidence as to the 152 years of Thomas Parr's life , ac- credited as it is by the testimony of ...
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Terentia , the wife of Cicero , lived to 103 ; Clodia , the wife of Ofilius , to 115 years . Two remarkable actresses stand on the list ; one of whom , Lucceia , is stated to have performed as Mima for about 100 years ; the other ...
Terentia , the wife of Cicero , lived to 103 ; Clodia , the wife of Ofilius , to 115 years . Two remarkable actresses stand on the list ; one of whom , Lucceia , is stated to have performed as Mima for about 100 years ; the other ...
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Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography . Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived , and he has beaten them all . He was , if we are to give any credit to his own account , or to the united testi- mony ...
Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography . Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived , and he has beaten them all . He was , if we are to give any credit to his own account , or to the united testi- mony ...
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1 History of the Reign of Philip the Second King | 1 |
sur le Globe Par P Flourens Membre de lAca | 46 |
England from the earliest period to the year 1742 | 78 |
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