The Retrospective Review, and Historical and Antiquarian MagazineHenry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; and Payne and Foss, Pall-Mall. Sold by W. F. Wakeman, Dublin; John Thomson, Edinburgh; and Carey and Lea, Philadelphia., 1827 - Books |
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... some letters from Elizabeth , James the First , Oliver Cromwell , and Charles the Second ; royal speeches ; charges to juries ; account of audiences of ambassadors ; an account of Venable's B 2 Dr. Howard's Collection of Letters , & c . 3.
... some letters from Elizabeth , James the First , Oliver Cromwell , and Charles the Second ; royal speeches ; charges to juries ; account of audiences of ambassadors ; an account of Venable's B 2 Dr. Howard's Collection of Letters , & c . 3.
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... James the First and Elizabeth , relative to his mother ; but it has been fre- quently printed elsewhere . There are , however , two letters from James on another affair , which we do not remember to have read before * . The well known ...
... James the First and Elizabeth , relative to his mother ; but it has been fre- quently printed elsewhere . There are , however , two letters from James on another affair , which we do not remember to have read before * . The well known ...
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... James the Second at Oxford ; of the meeting between the Czar and William the Third in Holland ; and the speeches of Lord Howard in the House of Commons , from 1660 to 1673 , and some others . Our extracts shall , however , terminate ...
... James the Second at Oxford ; of the meeting between the Czar and William the Third in Holland ; and the speeches of Lord Howard in the House of Commons , from 1660 to 1673 , and some others . Our extracts shall , however , terminate ...
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... James from Ireland , and which is filled with the coarsest abuse and ridicule of the catholics , the two last stanzas will be a sufficient specimen . " Dare was an old prophecy found in a bog , Lero lero , lille burlero , lero lero ...
... James from Ireland , and which is filled with the coarsest abuse and ridicule of the catholics , the two last stanzas will be a sufficient specimen . " Dare was an old prophecy found in a bog , Lero lero , lille burlero , lero lero ...
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... James V. of Scotland * , who was born in 1511 , and died 1542 , p . 26 of Ritson's " Caledonian Muse , " already quoted . " The Millar was of manlie mak , To meit him was na mowis , Thair durst na ten cum him to tak , So nobbit he thair ...
... James V. of Scotland * , who was born in 1511 , and died 1542 , p . 26 of Ritson's " Caledonian Muse , " already quoted . " The Millar was of manlie mak , To meit him was na mowis , Thair durst na ten cum him to tak , So nobbit he thair ...
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