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Meanings of old manuscripts in English

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Usage of old manuscripts in English
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Sometimes, too, he came across old manuscripts with ancient tales in them.
English Literature for Boys and Girls
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He spends his time in carving, painting, and writing about old manuscripts.
The Carved Cupboard
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The pictures in old manuscripts give us a good idea of medieval dress.
Early European History
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The old manuscripts were not very reliable, it was found, except in general.
Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders; Or, The Underground Search for...
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At least that is the direction given in the old manuscripts.
Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders; Or, The Underground Search for...
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But languages and learned books; Arabic, and Hebrew, and old manuscripts.
Sybil, Or, The Two Nations
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By the end of the week, I'd photocopied several of the old manuscripts.
Eat, pray, love: one woman's search for everything across italy,...
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He turned irresolutely to the table upon which lay the scattered leaves of his old manuscripts.
The Ragged Edge
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They find it upon scraps of old manuscripts or cut into the fragments of ancient stones.
Anthem
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Their pastor was poring over old manuscripts and the logs of whalers that had touched upon Greenland.
Hero Tales of the Far North
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Here I suppose multitudes of them lived harmless, dreamy lives-readingold manuscripts, copying and illuminating new ones.
Sunny Memories Of Foreign Lands, Volume 1
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I have found among my old manuscripts one which I perceive to be about twenty-two years old.
Autobiography of mark twain, vol. 1
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He looked at old manuscripts, maps, swords.
Cry to heaven
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It doesn't say how or where, but Aum found a bunch of old manuscripts, an old story.
The Scar
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Would you believe it, he spent the whole morning in the library looking over files of old manuscripts?
Gerfaut — Volume 3
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The composer caused consternation when he placed his buttered muffin on one of the collector's prized old manuscripts.
The Irish Times
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