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... Lord North during the Amer- ican war Correspondence of George the Third with Lord North from 1768 to 1783 , Vol . I , pp . 2-227 ; ed . by W. B. Downe . PAGE 634 387. The king's acknowledgment of American independence 636 King's speech ...
... Lord North during the Amer- ican war Correspondence of George the Third with Lord North from 1768 to 1783 , Vol . I , pp . 2-227 ; ed . by W. B. Downe . PAGE 634 387. The king's acknowledgment of American independence 636 King's speech ...
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... Lord , Augustine , and his companions , being , as is reported , nearly ... king , having heard this , ordered them to stay in that island where they ... king came into the island and , sitting fear of magic in the open air , ordered ...
... Lord , Augustine , and his companions , being , as is reported , nearly ... king , having heard this , ordered them to stay in that island where they ... king came into the island and , sitting fear of magic in the open air , ordered ...
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... Lord and King , Jesus Christ , they sang in concert this litany : " We beseech thee , O Lord , in all thy mercy , that thy anger and wrath be turned away from this city , and from thy holy house , because we have sinned . Alleluiah ...
... Lord and King , Jesus Christ , they sang in concert this litany : " We beseech thee , O Lord , in all thy mercy , that thy anger and wrath be turned away from this city , and from thy holy house , because we have sinned . Alleluiah ...
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... king of Mercia , will indicate the increasing connection of England with the ... lord Adrian , earnestly begging that you would order him to be prayed for ... Lord Jesus has granted to us of his unmerited bounty , for the metropolitan ...
... king of Mercia , will indicate the increasing connection of England with the ... lord Adrian , earnestly begging that you would order him to be prayed for ... Lord Jesus has granted to us of his unmerited bounty , for the metropolitan ...
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... King Edgar for the hundred moot to make a clear grant to his wife of the lands which her kins- woman had given her ... lord , except- ing men ; and let the lord take possession of the men . 5. We have also ordained , if the hundred ...
... King Edgar for the hundred moot to make a clear grant to his wife of the lands which her kins- woman had given her ... lord , except- ing men ; and let the lord take possession of the men . 5. We have also ordained , if the hundred ...
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