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Purport and dubious Meanings of these uncouth Writings.
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Purport and dubious Meanings of these uncouth Writings.
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Schools, their respective Heirs, successors and assigns forever, according to the Purport and Intent of such respective Grant, &c., not withstanding any
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Purport of it was that I had not been long arrived.
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Washington on the Purport of the Letter from the Secret Committee.
The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Henry P. Johnston
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I fear that I am not sufficiently acquainted with your Vernacular to grasp the full Purport of what has occurred here.
More Fables George Ade 1905
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Purport and endever the permanent life of life, Eidólons, Eidólons.
Eidólons 1900
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City, the Purport of which Agreement was that he should carry in his said Schooner one Henry Myerhoeffer and one Wm. Abbot an Englishman to
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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Purport of inquiry; circular of questions (see Appendix for this); the first answers were from scientific men, and were negative; those from persons in general society were quite the reverse; sources of my materials; they are mutually corroborative.
Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development Francis Galton 1866
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Parchment by me yet, and have shown it to Doctor Dubiety, who is a very learned man; but even he is puzzled with it; and beyond opining that the characters are either Arabic or Sanscrit, cannot give me any information regarding their Purport.
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861
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