Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853.: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853.: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Translated from the French.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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