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Todd Cowle Municipal Bond Credit Report synthesizes, analyzes and present…
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Hatton Garden is a street and area near Holborn in London, England. Its n…
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Where can I find the complete text of Samuel Pepys’ speech before Parliam…
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The term Scantlings was used twenty years ago to describe timber which wa…
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Phi, Terry, and the rest of the Pepys crew: I’ve been reading (and mostl…
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NTuesday 19 March 1666/67 by Michael Robinson on Sat 20 Mar, 3:57 am
the dashes are an indication of Victorian censorship. In this instance n…
NMonday 18 March 1666/67 by Paul Chapin on Sat 20 Mar, 12:42 am
Larry Hill, I had the same first reaction, but on studying the context, I…
NWednesday 13 March 1666/67 by Nix on Fri 19 Mar, 5:05 pm
Taking a stab at sorting out the antecedents — “had the content to hear…
NTuesday 12 March 1666/67 by Nix on Fri 19 Mar, 4:49 pm
Perhaps the English usage is reinforced by an alliterative associaton of …
NSaturday 24 August 1661 by mekAmesycle on Fri 19 Mar, 12:23 am
Todd Cowle Municipal Bond Credit Report synthesizes, analyzes and present…
NSunday 17 March 1666/67 by cum salis grano on Fri 19 Mar, 12:04 am
Mary Villiers “rote” some interesting lines on love and its side effects.…
NSaturday 16 March 1666/67 by Terry Foreman on Wed 17 Mar, 3:07 pm
The L&M transcription lacks an “as” after “compensation.” …
NFriday 15 March 1666/67 by language hat on Wed 17 Mar, 12:47 pm
Yeah, it has to mean “pox” here. It does no good to put any weight on Sa…
NMonday 3 December 1666 by wholesale cell phone on Wed 17 Mar, 10:00 am
New England was only settled by the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620 and by 1666 t…
NFriday 14 December 1666 by wholesale electronics on Wed 17 Mar, 9:54 am
“Now treating Sandwich seems the fittest choice For Spain, there to condo…