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< John Clerk , had he never sailed toy boats on the Ship Park , 1 never embarked on writing his treatise on naval tactics , and never sought the credit for the the great victory at Dominica , would still have been a remarkable person .
< John Clerk , had he never sailed toy boats on the Ship Park , 1 never embarked on writing his treatise on naval tactics , and never sought the credit for the the great victory at Dominica , would still have been a remarkable person .
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We can say of John Crackanthorpe as Chaucer said of his Parson ' ful looth were him to cursen for his tythes ' . John Crackanthorpe himself was heavily taxed and he had to make his land pay if he were to send four sons and three ...
We can say of John Crackanthorpe as Chaucer said of his Parson ' ful looth were him to cursen for his tythes ' . John Crackanthorpe himself was heavily taxed and he had to make his land pay if he were to send four sons and three ...
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Sir John Harington ( 1561-1612 ) did invent It is described in an anony- one . ... Sigerist comments on the appropri- ateness of the coincidence between Harington's Christian name and the American word john meaning ' lava- tory ' .
Sir John Harington ( 1561-1612 ) did invent It is described in an anony- one . ... Sigerist comments on the appropri- ateness of the coincidence between Harington's Christian name and the American word john meaning ' lava- tory ' .
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