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However, due to an internal strife at the Royal Mint between Pistrucci, Pole, and Wyon regarding the position of chief engraver, work on the medal got off to a slow start.
Waterloo Medal by Benedetto Pistrucci : Coin Collecting News 2008
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Wyon attributed the list to Saint Malachy, the 12th‑century bishop of Armagh in Ireland.
Archive 2009-03-01 elena maria vidal 2009
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Wyon attributed the list to Saint Malachy, the 12th‑century bishop of Armagh in Ireland.
Prophecies of St. Malachy, Part 1 elena maria vidal 2009
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However, due to an internal strife at the Royal Mint between Pistrucci, Pole, and Wyon regarding the position of chief engraver, work on the medal got off to a slow start.
Waterloo Medal by Benedetto Pistrucci : Coin Collecting News 2008
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A more probable explanation is that the list is a forgery that was composed around that date, possibly by Wyon himself, and attributed to Malachy.
Balkinization 2005
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Sir Charles had warned the Father Superior that he would do well to accept Wyon as a probationer, should he propose himself; and the Father
The Altar Steps Compton MacKenzie 1927
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"If I could find happiness at Malford," Wyon had said, "I would give them all that I possess."
The Altar Steps Compton MacKenzie 1927
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And then, looking round to see that no thieves or highwaymen were listening, he whispered to Mark that Wyon had money.
The Altar Steps Compton MacKenzie 1927
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Superior, who was by now as anxious for money as a company-promoter, made himself as pleasant to Wyon as he knew how, flattering him carefully and giving voice to his dreams for the great stone Abbey to be built here in days to come.
The Altar Steps Compton MacKenzie 1927
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He had met Aubrey Wyon at an expensive hotel, had noticed that he was expensively dressed and drank good wine, had found that he was interested in ecclesiastical religion, and, having bragged a bit about the land he had presented to the Order of St. George, had inspired Wyon to do some bragging of what he had done for various churches.
The Altar Steps Compton MacKenzie 1927
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