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Go back a little, and ask for Kennet's Collection of the Historians -- Echard's
The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton
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_Horace_, lib.i. sat. 5; and see Kennet's _Roman Antiquities_, p. 306.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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I mentioned at the outset that seven or eight years ago I had tried Kennet's pellicle and failed, but got one or two results which I retained as curiosities till only a month or two ago; but up to that time I cannot say they had faded in the least, and I have here a specimen made three years ago, which I have purposely subjected to very severe treatment.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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Habington produced in the same year, 1640, a prose "History of Edward IV", reprinted in Kennet's
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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The thing denounced had not then arrived, though often asked for at Kennet's; it did not arrive till yesterday, but had lain buried in bales of I know not what.
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I Carlyle, Thomas 1883
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The thing denounced had not then arrived, though often asked for at Kennet's; it did not arrive till yesterday, but had lain buried in bales of I know not what.
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I Thomas Carlyle 1838
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The best narratives of what passed in this Convocation are the Historical Account appended to the second edition of Vox Cleri, and the passage in Kennet's History to which I have already referred the reader.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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"Examen" (of "Kennet's History of England"), were published by a relative (I think a grandson) of the same name; and two very amusing and valuable quarto volumes they are!
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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Fanny had dressed Francis, from Kennet's _Antiquities_, out of an old rag-chest, and a more complete little Roman figure I never saw, though made up no mortal can tell how, like one of your own doings, dear aunt, with a crown of ilex leaves.
The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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About eleven in the morning, information reached General Washington that a large column with many field pieces, had taken a road leading from Kennet's Square, directly up the country, and had entered the great valley road, down which they were marching to the upper fords of the Brandywine.
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