The Antiquary, Volume 4Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson E. Stock, 1881 |
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... covered the art of making gold , and the sublime alkahest ( or universal solvent ) , the " fixing " of mercury , and the " blacker than black " of Apollonius Tyanus . He laboured under the delusion that every Government in Europe was in ...
... covered the art of making gold , and the sublime alkahest ( or universal solvent ) , the " fixing " of mercury , and the " blacker than black " of Apollonius Tyanus . He laboured under the delusion that every Government in Europe was in ...
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... covered a period dating from more than three hundred years ago ; and that the pro- perty was held under a lease renewable every fourteen years at a fine of £ 1400 . Their rent - roll then brought in an income of the . annual value of ...
... covered a period dating from more than three hundred years ago ; and that the pro- perty was held under a lease renewable every fourteen years at a fine of £ 1400 . Their rent - roll then brought in an income of the . annual value of ...
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... covered with scribblings , which appear to represent urns , hatchets , baskets , and other utensils , and , Mr. Harrison suggested , might be the inventory of someone's pro- perty . Mr. Clements Markham exhibited a silver tazza from ...
... covered with scribblings , which appear to represent urns , hatchets , baskets , and other utensils , and , Mr. Harrison suggested , might be the inventory of someone's pro- perty . Mr. Clements Markham exhibited a silver tazza from ...
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... covered the graves ; and the rectangular outline of many of these stones , as well as the fact that they were oölite , and must have been brought from a distance , suggested that some Roman building had furnished the materials ; and a ...
... covered the graves ; and the rectangular outline of many of these stones , as well as the fact that they were oölite , and must have been brought from a distance , suggested that some Roman building had furnished the materials ; and a ...
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... covered his name with glory , he had already attained to a European fame . His edition of the works of Hippocrates , which contained the original and a translation , occupied him for thirty years , and proved his life - long interest in ...
... covered his name with glory , he had already attained to a European fame . His edition of the works of Hippocrates , which contained the original and a translation , occupied him for thirty years , and proved his life - long interest in ...
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Page 175 - Invest me in my motley ; give me leave To speak my mind, and I will through and through Cleanse the foul body of the infected world, If they will patiently receive my medicine.
Page 62 - Prolusions*, gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between two friends by the help of a certain load-stone, which had such virtue in it, that if it touched two several needles, when one of the needles so touched began to move, the other, though at never so great a distance, moved at the same time, and in the same manner.
Page 176 - I FIRST adventure, with fool-hardy might, To tread the steps of perilous despite. I first adventure, follow me who list, And be the second English satirist.
Page 180 - I sat viewing the silver streams glide silently towards their centre, the tempestuous sea ; yet sometimes opposed by rugged roots and pebble-stones, which broke their waves, and turned them into foam. And sometimes I beguiled time by viewing the harmless lambs ; some leaping securely in the cool shade, whilst others sported themselves in the cheerful sun ; and saw others craving comfort from the swollen udders of their bleating dams. As...
Page 143 - Your worm is your only emperor for diet: we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots: your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service; two dishes, but to one table: that's the end.
Page 9 - But forasmuche as men's affaires doe little prosper where God's service is neglected, all the Burgesses tooke their places in the Quire till a prayer was said by Mr. Bucke, the minister, that it would please God to guide and sanctifie all our proceedings to his owne glory, and the good of this plantation.
Page 128 - Moreover, the number and hardness of the rules called the Pie, and the manifold changings of the service, was the cause, that, to turn the book only was so hard and intricate a matter, that many times there was more business to find out what should be read, than to read it when it was found out.
Page 249 - It is not perhaps generally known that to Mr. Griffith Jones, and a brother of his, Mr. Giles Jones, in conjunction with Mr. John Newbery, the public are indebted for the origin of those numerous and popular little books for the amusement and instruction of children which have been ever since received with universal approbation...
Page 45 - And they who, to be sure of Paradise, Dying put on the weeds of Dominic, Or in Franciscan think to pass disguised.
Page 151 - In conclusion, we report to your Majesty that there prevails amongst the inhabitants of a great majority of the incorporated towns a general, and, in our opinion, a just dissatisfaction with their municipal institutions ; a distrust of the self-elected municipal councils, whose powers are subject to no popular control, and whose acts and proceedings being secret, are unchecked by the influence of public opinion...