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  • This plan operates directly against the principle that the sale of a book should be proportioned to its merits, and makes these quite subordinate to the arts of importunity and trickery, which Mr. Perkins has so well described in "Scrope," and of which almost every reader has had personal experience, as characteristic of the book-canvasser.

    Subscription Books 1874

  • Note 20: Lady Kingston (Mary Scrope Jerningham) had previously served in Katherine of Aragon's household and, as a nonresident member of Mary's household from 1536 to 1538.

    From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558 2008

  • Lady Scrope is sent by the Lancaster court to make sure that I have everything I need, and I think this a gracious gesture from the Earl of Warwick to me.

    The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009

  • Lady Scrope is sent by the Lancaster court to make sure that I have everything I need, and I think this a gracious gesture from the Earl of Warwick to me.

    The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009

  • Lady Scrope is sent by the Lancaster court to make sure that I have everything I need, and I think this a gracious gesture from the Earl of Warwick to me.

    The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009

  • The best known medieval action was Scrope v Grosvenor 1385-1390, in which Sir Richard le Scrope was held to have a prior claim to the simple arms azure a bend or.

    Close ACPO Down Guthrum 2009

  • The chapel was restored by the Scrope and Eldon families.

    Archive 2008-08-01 2008

  • Another Fall of Man: Shakespeare (or history, arguably), NC-17, Hal/Henry Scrope.

    December 26th, 2005 2005

  • And the Barclays trunk belonged to Scrope Berd-more Davies, who was a friend and confidante of Lord Byron.

    Sonnet of the Sphinx Diana Killian 2006

  • At length Scrope returned, bringing someone with him.

    Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

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