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Page 361
... Watchet , " 367 . QUERIES : -Spanish Stories in Irish- " Tottenham in his boots " -Gainsborough's Signed Pictures , 368 - Henry Ireton of Gray's Inn - John Ireton , Lord Mayor - Louis Merlin , Roman Catholic Priest- " Botemen " : " Land ...
... Watchet , " 367 . QUERIES : -Spanish Stories in Irish- " Tottenham in his boots " -Gainsborough's Signed Pictures , 368 - Henry Ireton of Gray's Inn - John Ireton , Lord Mayor - Louis Merlin , Roman Catholic Priest- " Botemen " : " Land ...
Page 367
... WATCHET . " In his Milleres Tale ' Chaucer manifestly revels in his account of the parish clerk " that was i - cleped Ab- solon . " Part of the elaborate delineation runs thus : - 66 In his hoses reed he wente fetusly . I - clad he was ...
... WATCHET . " In his Milleres Tale ' Chaucer manifestly revels in his account of the parish clerk " that was i - cleped Ab- solon . " Part of the elaborate delineation runs thus : - 66 In his hoses reed he wente fetusly . I - clad he was ...
Page 368
... Watchet , a little seaport in Somerset . Watchet , " he ob- serves , 66 " shares with the Italian town of Magenta the honour of giving a name to a colour ; only , while the colour magenta ' is a modern and a horribly in artistic kind of ...
... Watchet , a little seaport in Somerset . Watchet , " he ob- serves , 66 " shares with the Italian town of Magenta the honour of giving a name to a colour ; only , while the colour magenta ' is a modern and a horribly in artistic kind of ...
Page 401
... Watchet , " 412- Masburensis : its Identity - Hare forecasting Fire - Dead Animals exposed on Trees , 413 - Pimlico : Eyebright , 414 -Tuesday Night's Club : Mrs. Cornelys Field Memorials to Sportsmen- " Marylebone , " 415 - J . Bew ...
... Watchet , " 412- Masburensis : its Identity - Hare forecasting Fire - Dead Animals exposed on Trees , 413 - Pimlico : Eyebright , 414 -Tuesday Night's Club : Mrs. Cornelys Field Memorials to Sportsmen- " Marylebone , " 415 - J . Bew ...
Page 412
... WATCHET ( 10 S. xi . 367 ) .— The absurd confusion of Chaucer's wachet with the town of Watchet will always be revived from time to time . Even Tyrwhitt fell into this error ; and it occurs , alas ! in chap . xiii . of ' Lorna Doone ...
... WATCHET ( 10 S. xi . 367 ) .— The absurd confusion of Chaucer's wachet with the town of Watchet will always be revived from time to time . Even Tyrwhitt fell into this error ; and it occurs , alas ! in chap . xiii . of ' Lorna Doone ...
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