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Walter
·vi To roll or wallow; to <<Welter>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ward of Henry le Bole
Mentioned in a list of representatives of the Wards, 23 Ed. I. 1295 (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.235).
Sharpe ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Henry le Waleys
Identified with Cornwainer Street Ward (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Philip le Taillur'
3 Ed. I. (Rot. Hund. I. 431).
Tenement " super Cornhull" and " House of Robert le Herre " in parish...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Ralph le Fevere
Identified with Farringdon Ward Without (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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-ward
·vi ·Alt. of -wards.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ward
·noun A division of a forest.
II. Ward ·noun A division of a county.
III. Ward ·vi To be vigilant;...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ward
A prison (Gen. 40:3, 4); a watch-station (Isa. 21:8); a guard (Neh. 13:30).
...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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(John) Horn, Ward of
See Bridge Ward Within.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lothbury, Ward of
See Broad Street Ward.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Flete
See Farringdon Ward.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bagehot, Walter
(1826-1877)
Economist, s. of a banker, b. at Langport, Somerset, ed. at University Coll., London, a...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Bower, or Bowmaker, Walter
(d. 1449)
Was Abbot of Inchcolm, and continued and enlarged Fordun's Scotichronicon.
...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Charleton, Walter
(1619-1707)
Miscellaneous writer, ed. at Oxf., was titular physician to Charles I. He was a copious...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Goodall, Walter
(1706?-1766)
Historical writer, b. in Banffshire, and ed. King's Coll., Aberdeen, became assistant ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Kennedy, Walter
(fl. 1500)
S. of Lord K., was ed. at Glasgow, and is perhaps best known as Dunbar's antagonist in t...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Whitman, Walter or Walt
(1819-1892)
Poet, was b. at Huntingdon, Long Island, New York. His mother was of Dutch descent, and...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Leaf, Walter
Litt.D.
(b. 1852)
Scholar and translator. The Iliad of Homer translated into English Prose (with A...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Raleigh, Walter
(b. 1861)
Biographer and critic. The English Novel (1894), Robert Louis Stevenson (1895), Style (18...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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le-ach
hard work, which causes le-ache in the workmen's joints, frequently used by the northern miners. N.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Ward of Alan Baalun
Mentioned 1197-1221 (Anc, Deeds, A. 7294). Parish of St. Nicholas in the Ward.
Not identified.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of John Adrien
Identified with Walbrook Ward (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of John Horn
Identified with Bridge Ward Within (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Peter Aunger
Beavan (I. 270) identifies it with Broad Street Ward.
In the Hundred Rolls, 3 Ed. I. under the Ward...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of St. Dunstan
See Tower Ward.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of William Bukerel
Identified with Broad Street Ward (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bridge-ward
·noun The principal ward of a key.
II. Bridge-ward ·noun A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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March-ward
·noun A warden of the marches; a marcher.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ward-corn
·noun The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, ·noun, 1) with a horn to be blow...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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"Ward, Artemus"
(see Brown, Charles Brockden.
...
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Aldersgate Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, on the northern side, bounded on the east by Cripplegate Wa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Aldgate Ward
With Tower Ward the easternmost ward of the City within the walls (O.S.).
Earliest mention: " In wa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bassishaw Ward
One of the smallest of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded north by Cripplegate Ward Without, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Billingsgate Ward
1) One of the twenty-six wards of the City fronting the river, and extending west from Tower Ward to...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bishopsgate Ward
One of the twenty-six Wards of London, west of and adjoining to Aldgate and Portsoken Wards. It is o...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Candlewick Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of London, adjoining Bridge Ward south and east, Langbourn Ward north, W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cheap Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded on the north by Bassishaw Ward, south by Cordwainer...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cordwainer Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of London, lying between Vintry Ward south, Cheap Ward north, Bread Stre...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cornhill Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, lying north and south of the high street of Cornhill, from ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cripplegate Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, and lying both within and without the City Wall. It lies on...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dowgate Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, lying between Walbrook Ward north, Candlewick and Bridge Wi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Farringdon Ward
Comprised the Ward of Ludgate and Newgate Within and Without, under which title it was demised by Th...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lambourne Ward
See Langbourn Ward.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Langbourn Ward
One of the 26 wards of the City, at no point touching the City walls, bounded north by Aldgate, Lime...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ludgate Ward
See Farringdon Ward Within.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Newgate Ward
See Farringdon Ward Within.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Portsoken Ward
The eastemmost of the City wards, lying outside the Wall, and in its present state wholly within the...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Queenhithe Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, by the riverside, bounded on the north by Bread Street and ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Thames Ward
Anc. Deeds, A. 1779, 7 Rich. II.
Qy. = Tower Ward.
See Thames Street Ward.
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Tower Ward
One of the twety-sex wards of the City (O.S. ).
With Aldgate Ward the most eastern within the walls...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Vintry Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City to the west of the Walbrook on the bank of the Thames, exten...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Walbrook Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City lying between Cheap, Broad Street, and Cornhill Wards north,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward School
See Lime Street and Cornhill Wards' School.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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arse-ward
backward. Cumb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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bat-ward
An old term for a boat-keeper.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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night ward
The night-watch.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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sea-ward
Towards the sea, or offing.
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ward-room
The commissioned officers' mess-cabin, on the main-deck in ships of the line.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Besant, Sir Walter
(1836-1901)
Novelist and historian of London, b. at Portsmouth and ed. at King's Coll., London, and...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Hook, Walter Farquhar
(1798-1875)
Biographer, s. of James H., Dean of Worcester, b. at Worcester, and ed. at Winchester a...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Landor, Walter Savage
(1775-1864)
Poet and miscellaneous author, s. of a physician, was b. at Ipsley Court, Warwick, the ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Map, or Mapes, Walter de
(fl. 1200)
Ecclesiastical statesman and romancist. Most of the facts about him are gleaned from his...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Pater, Walter Horatio
(1839-1894)
Essayist and critic, s. of Richard G.P., of American birth and Dutch extraction, a bene...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Raleigh, Sir Walter
(1552?-1618)
Explorer, statesman, admiral, historian, and poet, s. of Walter R., of Fardel, Devonsh...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Scott, Sir Walter
(1771-1832)
Poet, novelist, and biographer, s. of Walter S., a Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh, a...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Smith, Walter Chalmers
(1824-1908)
B. in Aberdeen and ed. there and at Edin., was a minister of the Free Church of Scotlan...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Pollock, Walter Herries
(b. 1850)
Poet and miscellaneous writer. The Modern French Theatre (1878), Verse, Old and New, Seal...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Prothero, George Walter
Litt.D., LL.D., etc.
(b. 1848)
Historian. Life and Times of Simon de Montfort (1877), Memoir of He...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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·OF
(abbreviation) Old French
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Of
·prep During; in the course of.
II. Of ·prep Denoting passage from one state to another; from.
III...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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of
An action of the organs of sense may be either involuntary or voluntary. Accordingly we say to hear,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Ward of Adam de Basing
Contained property in or near "Ismongerelane," H. III. (Cal. Ch. I. p.m. I. p.304).
Identified with...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Anketill de Auvergne
Within and Without the Gate.
See Farringdon Ward Within and Farringdon Ward Without.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Henry de Coventre
Identified as Vintry Ward (q.v.).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Henry de Frowyk
Identified with Cripplegate Ward (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.259, note).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of John de Blakethorn
Identified with Aldersgate Ward (q.v.) (Cal. L. Bk. B. 265).
So called in the Hundred Rolls, I. p.4...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of John de Canterbury
1291-2. Identified with Tower Ward (Cal. L. Bk. C. p.12, and A p.139).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of John de Norhampton
Identified with Aldgate Ward (q.v.).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Nicholas de Wynchester
4 Ed. I. 1276 (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.263).
Identified with Langbourn Ward by Sharpe in a note.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Robert de Meldeburn
Identified with Coleman Street Ward (q.v.).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Simon de Hadestok
Mentioned in Hundred Rolls, 3 Ed. I. (I. 418).
References to Queenhithe, St. Mary Somerset, etc.
I...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Thomas de Basinge
Identified with Candlewick Ward (q.v.) (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.256, and note).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of William de Durham
Identified with Bread Street Ward (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of William de Hadestoke
Identified with Tower Ward (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Wolmar de Essex
Identified with Billingsgate Ward (q.v.).
In Cal. L. Bk. B. p.269 the house of John le Breton is de...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Beth-le-Aphrah
(R.V. Micah 1:10), house of dust. The Authorized Version reads "in the house of Aphrah." This is pro...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Le Gallienne, Richard
(b. 1866)
Novelist and poet. Volumes in Folio (1888), The Religion of a Literary Man (1893), Quest ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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(St.) Christopher le Stocks
On the north side of Threadneedle Street, west of the Bank of England. In Bread Street Ward.
Shown ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Le Neve Inn
In parish of St. Benets, belonging formerly to John do Mountague, Earl of Salisbury, and later to Si...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Martin le Grand
A Collegiate Church of secular Canons in the Ward of Aldersgate founded by Ingelricus and his brothe...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary le Bow
On the north side of Cheapside at No. 56 at the north-west corner of Bow Lane (P.O. Directory). In C...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary le Quern
Bequest to the church of St. Mary le Quern, 28 Ed. III. (Ct. H.W. I. 685).
Would seem to be an erro...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael le Querne
At the extreme western end of Cheapside, between Blow Bladder Street north and Paternoster Row south...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Peter le Poor
On the West side of Old Broad Street. In Broad Street Ward (O.S.).
Earliest mention found in record...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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beech-le-mar
(Fr. biche de mer.) A kind of slug taken on the coast of some of the South sea islands, where it is ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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ouster le mer
The legal term for excuse, when a man did not appear in court on summons, for that he was then beyon...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Ward Schools, Broad Street Ward and Coleman Street Ward
See Coleman Street Ward School.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Nicholas de Farndone Within
Identified with Farringdon Ward Within (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Nicholas de Farndone Without
Identified with Farringdon Ward Without (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Peter de Edelmeton, Eddelmethon
Mentioned 1277 (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.269).
Identified with Castle Baynard Ward.
In Lansdowne MS. 558 P...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Ralph Fabri de Cornhull
" Dicunt quod quedam aqua opturata est que liabuit cursum suum per vicum Sancte Marie Attenaxe usque...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Beecher, Henry Ward
(1813-1887)
Orator and divine, s. of Lyman B. and bro. of Harriet Beecher Stowe, was one of the mos...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Ward, Robert Plumer
(1765-1846)
Novelist and politician, b. in London, ed. at Oxf., and called to the Bar 1790, held va...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Ward, William George
(1812-1882)
Theologian, ed. at Winchester and Oxf., and came under the influence of J.H. Newman, wh...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Ward, Adolphus William
Litt.D., LL.D.
(b. 1837)
Historian and critic. The House of Austria in the Thirty Years' War (1869...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Ward, Mrs. Humphrey (Arnold)
(b. 1851)
Novelist. Milly and Olly (1881), Miss Bretherton (1886), Robert Elsmere (1888), The Histo...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Aldersgate Ward School
Behind 77 Little Britain; a few doors from Aldersgate Street (Lockie, 1810). Founded in 1702 for chi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Aldgate Ward School
Between Duke Street and Mitre Street, east of St. James' Church, with a passage into Mitre Street (O...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Billingsgate Ward School
On the east side of Botolph Lane. In Billingsgate Ward (O.S.).
Erected on the site of the churchyar...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bishopsgate Ward Schools
In Primrose Street. Acquired by the Great Eastern Railway under their Act 1887 (End. Ch. St. Botolph...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bishopsgate Ward Within
See Bishopsgate Ward.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bishopsgate Ward Without
See Bishopsgate Ward.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bread Street Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded on the north by Cripplegate and Farringdon Wards Wi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bridge Ward School
In Old Swan Lane, on the west side (Lockie, 1810).
Not named in the maps.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bridge Ward Within
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, known as Bridge Ward Within, in contradistinction to Southw...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bridge Ward Without
= Southwark. Not included in the present work.
...
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Broad Street Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded north and east by Bishopsgate Ward, north and west ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Candlewick Ward Chambers
In Crooked Lane, near Cannon Street (Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the maps.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Baynard Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City of London, to the south. Bounded on the north and west by Fa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Coleman Street Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, adjoining Broad Street Ward east and south, Bassishaw Ward ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Farringdon Ward Within
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded on the north by Farringdon and Aldersgate Wards Wit...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Farringdon Ward Without
The westernmost of the City wards, outside the walls, and extending north to the parish of Clerkenwe...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fleet Street Ward
Ward of Flete.
See Farringdon Ward Without.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lime Street Ward
One of the smallest of the 26 wards of the City, lying between Aldgate and Cornhill Wards, but stret...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lombard Street Ward
See Langbourn Ward.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Thames Street Ward
Messuages in parishes of St. Martin le Organs and St. Michael in Crokydlane, described as in the war...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Watergate, Tower Ward
A quay facing the Thames by the Custom House in Thames streete (S. 135) at the south end of Water la...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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ward-room officers
Those who mess in the ward-room, namely: the commander, lieutenants, master, chaplain, surgeon, paym...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Skeat, Rev. Walter William
Litt.D., LL.D.
(b. 1835)
Philologist and Early English scholar; has ed. Langland's Piers Plowman, ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
(1814-1873)
Novelist, s. of a Dean of the Episcopal Church of Ireland, and grand-nephew of Richard ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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All Hallows le Grant
See All Hallows the Great.
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(St.) Augustine in le Eldechaunge
See St. Augustine Watling Street.
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Le Dolfyn on le Hoope
See LE Dolphyn upon le Hoop.
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Le Dolphyn upon le Hoop
A brewhouse tenement called "le Dolphyn upon le hoop" in parish of St. Magnus by London Bridge, 23 H...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Martin le Grand, Street
North out of the west end of Cheapside to Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward (P.O. Directory).
E...
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(St.) Martin's le Grand Court
A weekly Court of record for the Liberty, for the trial of all personal actions (Dodsley, 1761).
A ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary le Bow School
This seems to have been one of the three schools in London, mentioned by Fitzstephen in 1175, the ot...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(Holy) Trinity Parvae, le Petit
See Holy Trinity the Less.
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Unheard-of
·adj New; unprecedented; unparalleled.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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kind of
In a manner, as it were. A sort of qualifying expression; as, 'She made game on it kind o'.'--Forby....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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rising of
More than; upwards of; as, There were rising of a thousand men killed at the battle of Buena Vista.'...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Broad Street Ward School
See Coleman Street Ward School.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Chick Lane, Tower Ward
Described as east of Barking Church (in Stow, p. 132). From the descriptions given at the references...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Coleman Street Ward School
On the south side of London Wall, at 17 Copthall Avenue and Crosskey Court, London Wall (P.O. Direct...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bishops of London, Palace of
On the north-west side of St. Paul's Church (S. 373).
Mentioned by Ralph de Diceto in his Opera His...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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receivers of droits of admiralty
Now termed receivers of wreck (which see).
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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The Ball, St. Martin's le Grand
A house so called in the parish of St. Martyns le grande, 1573 (Loud. Deeds, 1500-1600, No.13, part ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Beeroth of the children of Jaakan
(Deut. 10:6). The same as Bene-jaakan (Num. 33:31).
...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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captain of a ship of war
Is the commanding officer; as well the post-captain (a title now disused) as those whose proper titl...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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chamber of a piece of ordnance
The end of the bore modified to receive the charge of powder. In mortars, howitzers, and shell-guns,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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gunner, of a ship of war
A warrant-officer appointed to take charge of the ammunition and artillery on board; to keep the lat...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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master of a ship-of-war
An officer appointed by the commissioners of the navy to attend to the navigating a ship under the d...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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muzzle of a piece of ordnance
The forward extremity of the cylinder, and the metal which surrounds it, extending back to the neck,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan
the wells of the tribe of Bene-Jaakan, which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites in t...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Rabbath Of The Children Of Ammon
and Rabbath of the Ammonites, [See RABBATH]
...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Wisdom Of Jesus, Son Of Sirach
[Ecclesiasticus]
...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Anchor Lane, Castle Baynard Ward
See Anchor Wharf.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Anchor Lane, Street, Vintry Ward
See Anchor Alley.
...
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Farringdon Ward Within. Charity School
At the west end of Bull and Mouth Street, early facing Butcher Hall Lane (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Pump in Bishopsgate Ward Within
" A pump where sometimes was a fayre wel with two buckets by the east end of St. Martin Outwich" (S....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Alley, St. Martin le Grand
See Angel Street.
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Bell Alley, St. Martin's le Grand
See Bell Square.
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Bell Court, St. Martin's le Grand
See Bell Square.
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Cock Alley, St. Martin's le Grand
See Cock Court.
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Cok Alley, St. Martin's le Grand
See Cock Court.
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Angle of entry
·add. ·- The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of an aerocurve) and the line of motio...
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Angle of incidence
·add. ·- The angle between the chord of an aerocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed a...
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Bird of paradise
·- The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New...
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Concert of Europe
·add. ·- ·Alt. of European concert.
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Corps of Engineers
·add. ·- In the United States navy, a corps made up of the engineers, which was amalgamated with the...
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Jane-of-apes
·noun A silly, pert girl;
— corresponding to jackanapes.
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Leg-of-mutton
·add. ·adj Having the general shape or outline of a leg of mutton; as, a leg-of-mutton, or shoulder-...
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Matter-of-fact
·adj Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; comm...
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Men-of-war
·pl of <<Manofwar>>.
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Mother-of-pearl
·noun The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, ·esp. of pearl oysters, river musse...
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Mother-of-thyme
·noun An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum);
— called also wild thyme.
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Out-of-door
·adj Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. ·se...
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Volunteers of America
·add. ·- A religious and philanthropic organization, similar to the Salvation Army, founded (1896) b...
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Wheel of fortune
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Atonement, Day of
The great annual day of humiliation and expiation for the sins of the nation, "the fast" (Acts 27:9)...
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Avenger of blood
(Heb. goel, from verb gaal, "to be near of kin," "to redeem"), the nearest relative of a murdered pe...
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Baale of Judah
Lords of Judah, a city in the tribe of Judah from which David brought the ark into Jerusalem (2 Sam....
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Esther, Book of
The authorship of this book is unknown. It must have been obviously written after the death of Ahasu...
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Exodus, Book of
Exodus is the name given in the LXX. to the second book of the Pentateuch (q.v.). It means "departur...
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Ezekiel, Book of
Consists mainly of three groups of prophecies. After an account of his call to the prophetical offic...
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Ezra, Book of
This book is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian exile. It was at one time...
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Fall of man
An expression probably borrowed from the Apocryphal Book of Wisdom, to express the fact of the revol...
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Flame of fire
Is the chosen symbol of the holiness of God (Ex. 3:2; Rev. 2:18), as indicating "the intense, all-co...
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Foreknowledge of God
Acts 2:23; Rom. 8:29; 11:2; 1 Pet. 1:2), one of those high attributes essentially appertaining to hi...
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Forgiveness of sin
One of the constituent parts of justification. In pardoning sin, God absolves the sinner from the co...
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Galilee, Sea of
(Matt. 4:18; 15:29), is mentioned in the Bible under three other names.
1) In the Old Testament it ...
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Gibeah of Judah
(Josh. 15:57), a city in the mountains of Judah, the modern Jeba, on a hill in the Wady Musurr, abou...
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Gibeah of Phinehas
(Josh. 15:57, R.V. marg.), a city on Mount Ephraim which had been given to Phinehas (24:33 "hill," A...
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Gilead, Balm of
The region of Gilead abounded in spices and aromatic gums, which were exported to Egypt and Tyre (Ge...
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Goodness of God
A perfection of his character which he exercises towards his creatures according to their various ci...
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Government of God
See Providence.
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Grace, means of
An expression not used in Scripture, but employed (1) to denote those institutions ordained by God t...
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Habakkuk, Prophecies of
Were probably written about B.C. 650-627, or, as some think, a few years later. This book consists o...
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