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Where are the Wills to be deposited? | |
"J. R. of Cork" | |
Marmortinto, or Sand-painting | |
The Soldier's Discipline, from a Broadside of the Year 1642 | |
Leading Articles of Foreign Newspapers | |
Minor Notes:—Materials for a History of Druidism—Domestic Chapels—Ordinary—Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory for 1854—Antiquity of the Word "Snub"—Charles I. at Little Woolford—Coincidence between Sir Thomas Browne and Bishop Ken—The English School of Painting—"A Feather in your Cap" | |
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Domestic Architecture: Licences to Crenellate, by J. H. Parker | |
Dixon of Beeston, by R. W. Dixon, J.P. | |
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Minor Queries with Answers:—Bunyan's Descendants—Epigram on Dennis—Football played on Shrove Tuesday—Vossioner, its Meaning—The Game of Chess—A Juniper Letter | |
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Notes on Books, &c. | |
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