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  • Being asked whether All-Souls or Christ-Church library was the largest, he answered, ‘All-Souls library is the largest we have, except the Bodleian.’

    The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. 2004

  • The seventh, from All-Souls to Christmas, to prepare himself to celebrate the birth of Christ.

    The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi Father Candide Chalippe

  • All-Souls, and horses crunched their oats beneath the tower of St. Mary

    The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Various

  • The seventh, from All-Souls to Christmas, to prepare himself to celebrate the birth of Christ.

    The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi Chalippe, Father Candide 1917

  • Central Park; the Peter Cooper, in Cooper Square; and the relief of Dr. Bellows, in the All-Souls 'Church -- all later works -- it has never had to yield precedence to any, but holds its own by force of its splendid vigour and youthful plasticity.

    Fifth Avenue Arthur Bartlett Maurice 1909

  • Christ Church library was the largest he answered, "All-Souls library is the largest we have, except the Bodleian."

    The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900

  • T. 's day = All-Souls 'Day, 599, 605, 682; identified with Nin-girsu, 58; associated with Nin-gish-zida, 546, 588.

    The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

  • Being asked whether All-Souls or Christ-Church library [97] was the largest, he answered, 'All-Souls library is the largest we have, except the Bodleian.'

    Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

  • On my observing to him that some of the modern libraries of the University were more commodious and pleasant for study, as being more spacious and airy, he replied, 'Sir, if a man has a mind to prance, he must study at Christ-Church and All-Souls.'

    Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

  • Being asked whether All-Souls or Christ Church library was the largest, he answered, "All-Souls library is the largest we have, except the Bodleian."

    The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III Various 1885

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