Ten Thousand Wonderful Things: Comprising Whatever is Marvellous and Rare, Curious, Eccentric and Extraordinary, in All Ages and All Nations |
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... supposed by some to have been the chief ingredient of the old Lacedemonian broth . The use of this berry was not known in England till the year 1657 , at which time Mr. D. Edwards , a Turkey merchant , on his return from Smyrna to ...
... supposed by some to have been the chief ingredient of the old Lacedemonian broth . The use of this berry was not known in England till the year 1657 , at which time Mr. D. Edwards , a Turkey merchant , on his return from Smyrna to ...
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... supposed to utter to the king . SEPULCHRAL BARROW OF THE ANGLO - SAXONS . The engraving on the next page is copied from a plate in Douglas's Nenia and represents one of the most ancient of the Kentish barrows opened by him in the ...
... supposed to utter to the king . SEPULCHRAL BARROW OF THE ANGLO - SAXONS . The engraving on the next page is copied from a plate in Douglas's Nenia and represents one of the most ancient of the Kentish barrows opened by him in the ...
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... supposed to stand at the bed's foot . This dislike of spirits to bells is mentioned in the Golden Legend , by Wynkyn de Worde . " It is said , evill spirytes that ben in the regyon of thayre , doubte moche when they here the belles ...
... supposed to stand at the bed's foot . This dislike of spirits to bells is mentioned in the Golden Legend , by Wynkyn de Worde . " It is said , evill spirytes that ben in the regyon of thayre , doubte moche when they here the belles ...
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... supposed to be of the respective ages of twenty - two and sixteen . Professor Owen , stated them to be ten or twelve , and seven or nine in 1853. The height of the boy ( the elder is about three feet , and the girl does not reach quite ...
... supposed to be of the respective ages of twenty - two and sixteen . Professor Owen , stated them to be ten or twelve , and seven or nine in 1853. The height of the boy ( the elder is about three feet , and the girl does not reach quite ...
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... supposed to signify that they broke into some of their habitations in that manner . 7. They killed with the club eleven of their enemies , and took five prisoners . The former represented by the club and the eleven heads , the latter by ...
... supposed to signify that they broke into some of their habitations in that manner . 7. They killed with the club eleven of their enemies , and took five prisoners . The former represented by the club and the eleven heads , the latter by ...
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