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[Sept. 15. 1855. 



mother of tbe first peer. See an account of the 

 Edgcumbes of Cotehill by Mrs. Bray, in the 

 Gentleman s Magazine for 1853. E. H. A. 



Peerages in the Female Line (Vol. xil., p. 185.). 

 — DoNEC cannot do better than consult Nicolas's 

 Synopsis of the Peerage, which gives all the 

 peerages which have descended through females, 

 taking their origin from a writ of summons to 

 parliament to some male ancestor. A search for 

 patents will be useless, since there are no grants 

 of dignities in England to females by patent with 

 limitations to heirs general, the only limitation 

 which can create a peerage descendible through 

 females. G. 



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We are of the number of those who, having read from 

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 Magazine, the brilliant dissertations, diatribes, dogmas, 

 and discussions, which the late Professor Wilson put into 

 the mouths of the world-renowned conversationists of the 

 Nodes AmbrosiancB, are well pleased to see a selection of 

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 him to temper with many a kind note the severity of 

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 of a collected edition of the works of Professor Wilson. 

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