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'This poem was first offered to Bent, in Paternoster-row, with a request to know his opinion of its deserts: but this he declined, in a short note, which was returned to Mr.B. in the course of a week, along with his MS.
Letter 393 2009
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Baldwin, Robert: a bookseller in Paternoster Row who, in partnership with Cradock and Joy, published
Index of People 2009
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"Monkey's Paternoster" is told from the point of view of a young monkey, part of a group in captivity.
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This explanation is written to clear up any misunderstanding or doubt, that may arise after my death, over the stone called the Paternoster
The Paternoster Ruby Charles Edmonds Walk
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A few years ago the stretch was sometimes called the Paternoster Row of New York on account of the number of publishing houses that lined it.
Fifth Avenue Arthur Bartlett Maurice 1909
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We also know that long ago in England a so-called Paternoster-cord was used for this purpose.
The Excellence of the Rosary Conferences for Devotions in Honor of the Blessed Virgin Math Josef Frings 1857
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Now the obvious inference is that an appliance which was persistently called a "Paternoster", or in
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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'Paternoster'; whereas the one produced after the ceremony of the abjuration filled several sides.
Joan of Arc Gower, Ronald Sutherland, Lord, 1845-1916 1893
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'Paternoster'; whereas the one produced after the ceremony of the abjuration filled several sides.
Joan of Arc Ronald Sutherland Gower 1880
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Fátihah, which is to Al-Islam much what the "Paternoster" is to
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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