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... juices of physical herbs , which are not more beneficial when skilfully applied , than they are baneful when administered unseasonably by the ignorant . The most experienced medical practitioner will admit , that he iv PREFACE .
... juices of physical herbs , which are not more beneficial when skilfully applied , than they are baneful when administered unseasonably by the ignorant . The most experienced medical practitioner will admit , that he iv PREFACE .
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... juices , on the plain He howls a wolf among the hungry train : And oft the mighty necromancer boasts , With these , to call from tombs the stalking ghost , And from the roots to tear the standing corn , Which , whirl'd aloft , to ...
... juices , on the plain He howls a wolf among the hungry train : And oft the mighty necromancer boasts , With these , to call from tombs the stalking ghost , And from the roots to tear the standing corn , Which , whirl'd aloft , to ...
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... juices , roots , and flowers . " OVID . Our immortal bard , availing himself of the credulity of the age , makes the weird sisters , in their incantations , employ " Root of hemlock , digg'd i ' the dark ; Liver of blaspheming Jew ...
... juices , roots , and flowers . " OVID . Our immortal bard , availing himself of the credulity of the age , makes the weird sisters , in their incantations , employ " Root of hemlock , digg'd i ' the dark ; Liver of blaspheming Jew ...
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... juice of the artichoke , pressed out before it blossoms , was used by the ancients to restore the hair of the head , even when it was quite bald . They also ate the root of this plant ( as well as that of the thistle ) sod- dened in ...
... juice of the artichoke , pressed out before it blossoms , was used by the ancients to restore the hair of the head , even when it was quite bald . They also ate the root of this plant ( as well as that of the thistle ) sod- dened in ...
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... juice . " The Italians and French eat the heads raw , with vinegar , salt , oil , and pep- per ; but they are considered to be hard of digestion in a raw state , and are , therefore , generally preferred after having been boiled . In ...
... juice . " The Italians and French eat the heads raw , with vinegar , salt , oil , and pep- per ; but they are considered to be hard of digestion in a raw state , and are , therefore , generally preferred after having been boiled . In ...
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Page 202 - ... where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
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Page 299 - And being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of II spikenard very precious ; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
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Page 270 - When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished : and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Page 17 - ... be admirable. Hence, I went to my worthy friend, Sir Henry Capel, [at Kew] brother to the Earl of Essex : it is an old timber-house ; but his garden has the choicest fruit of any plantation in England, as he is the most industrious and understanding in it.
Page 65 - The latent rill, scarce oozing through the grass, Of growth luxuriant; or the humid bank, In fair profusion, decks. Long let us walk, Where the breeze blows from yon extended field Of blossom'd beans. Arabia cannot boast A fuller gale of joy than, liberal, thence Breathes through the sense, and takes the ravish'd soul.
Page 194 - And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
Page 337 - And pierc'd with pity, hastens her relief. A branch of healing dittany she brought, Which in the Cretan fields with care she sought...