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Page 52
... means left - handed , dawks means the fingers of either hand or both . Gawky , given by some correspondents as the local name for left - handed , with us means nothing more than ungainly in appearance or build ; while mawky refers to an ...
... means left - handed , dawks means the fingers of either hand or both . Gawky , given by some correspondents as the local name for left - handed , with us means nothing more than ungainly in appearance or build ; while mawky refers to an ...
Page 144
... means an order or con- dition into which men are classed by the institutions of society . " At the same reference MR . LEATON- BLENKINSOPP calls attention to the well - known 5th of November service in the Prayer Book , where the three ...
... means an order or con- dition into which men are classed by the institutions of society . " At the same reference MR . LEATON- BLENKINSOPP calls attention to the well - known 5th of November service in the Prayer Book , where the three ...
Page 426
... means hanging , and 38 Elizabeth ( 1596 ) , by Nicholas Cholmley , Esq . , " cute " means killing , or why do they substitute escheator , and a jury , who found that William " electro " for " exe " and retain " cute " ? Surely Halsey ...
... means hanging , and 38 Elizabeth ( 1596 ) , by Nicholas Cholmley , Esq . , " cute " means killing , or why do they substitute escheator , and a jury , who found that William " electro " for " exe " and retain " cute " ? Surely Halsey ...
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Dispensations for Polygamy 10 Barnard | 18 |
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