The Four Ages; Together with Essays on Various SubjectsCadell and Davies, 1798 - 454 pàgines |
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... fays , " their head , neck , and breaft are painted with vermillion ( co- lour ) and fome of the warriors have the fkin of the breaft , and muscular parts of the body very curiously B 3 Robert Drury's account of the practice of ftealing ...
... fays , " their head , neck , and breaft are painted with vermillion ( co- lour ) and fome of the warriors have the fkin of the breaft , and muscular parts of the body very curiously B 3 Robert Drury's account of the practice of ftealing ...
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... flesh and fat . The flesh of a ferpent is efteemed as a 1pecific for bad eyes - that of a wolf for a difordered ftomach - a wolf's tongue for a fore throat , & c . ' " " I " I will give one inftance ( fays Pulte- ney [ 28 ]
... flesh and fat . The flesh of a ferpent is efteemed as a 1pecific for bad eyes - that of a wolf for a difordered ftomach - a wolf's tongue for a fore throat , & c . ' " " I " I will give one inftance ( fays Pulte- ney [ 28 ]
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William Jackson. " I will give one inftance ( fays Pulte- ney in his Sketches of Botany ) from Apuleius , of that credulity and fuperfti- tion , which , fanctioned by antiquity , yet prevailed in the administration of reme- dies ; and ...
William Jackson. " I will give one inftance ( fays Pulte- ney in his Sketches of Botany ) from Apuleius , of that credulity and fuperfti- tion , which , fanctioned by antiquity , yet prevailed in the administration of reme- dies ; and ...
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... fays , King Charles was once Duke of York , who had given them a most benign and liberal - charter , and maintains a lamp of juftice there , which burns more clearly than that found in the grave of Chlorus , and shines into five feveral ...
... fays , King Charles was once Duke of York , who had given them a most benign and liberal - charter , and maintains a lamp of juftice there , which burns more clearly than that found in the grave of Chlorus , and shines into five feveral ...
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William Jackson. # fays " The next day being the day in which the Prince was both born and mar- ried , he fancied if he could land that day , it would look aufpicious to the army , and animate the foldiers - but , we all , who confidered ...
William Jackson. # fays " The next day being the day in which the Prince was both born and mar- ried , he fancied if he could land that day , it would look aufpicious to the army , and animate the foldiers - but , we all , who confidered ...
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