Burdon
n.
Historical Examples
Begumbagh George Manville Fenn
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II Charles Darwin
The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Thomas Clarkson
A Little Norsk; Or, Ol’ Pap’s Flaxen Hamlin Garland
Harper’s Round Table, October 1, 1895 Various
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall
Pike & Cutlass George Gibbs
The Clammer and the Submarine William John Hopkins
A Woman’s Journey Round the World Ida Pfeiffer
Harper’s Round Table, October 1, 1895 Various
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