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    wholly absent , a fact that unfortunately cannot be stated with regard to the general run of our ephemeral fiction .

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    , y , Old Leeds : its Bygones and Celebrities . ' This work is produced in a very rich" style , which must claim due respect from true-hearttd

    bibliopoles . Antiquaries will be the first to admit that it was fitting that any monograph on Ralph Thoresby should appear before the world in a

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    readers may hold the opinion that Mr . Atkinson , by careful condensation , might have kept the work within more reasonable limits . Long

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    *" the advantage of perusing these documents iti eartenso . Ralph Thoresby was born in 1668 , I » ¦ ¦ ' i ¦ • - ¦ ¦ «

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1886, page 329, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041886/page/19/