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Tlie Inquisition, by B. B. Wiffen - 137 

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Matta, by W . H. Lammin - - 138 



Venerable Bede - - - - 139 



Plurality ofWerlds - - - 140 

 Church-building and Restoration dn- 

 rinft the Years 1844 to 1854, by Thomas 



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Abductions in Ireland - - - 141 



MiNOK Notes : — Correction of an Error 

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 Oblige pronounced Oblee^e— Cuckolds, 

 Epigram on— Pope's " Etnic Epistles " 142 



QusRiss : — 



The Collier's Creed - - - U3 



Queries on the " Fairy Queen " - 143 



General Washington and Dr. Gordon, 



byS.W.Rix - - - - 144 



Minor Qcebiks: — Huntingdon Witch- 

 craft Lecture— " Bibliotheca Hiber- 

 nicana " — Genealogical — Capture of 

 the Spanish Treasure-frigates in 1804 



— Kegistratiou Act— Dr. South on 

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 Ugbrooke — The Cardinal De Rohan 



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Croyland, its Epithets — The Fashion 

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 Hymns - - - - - 147 



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Morgan Odoherty - - - - 150 



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