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Page ii
... iron ; that bays preserve from the mischief of lightning and thunder ; that bitter almonds are preservatives against ebriety Chap . 7. Of some insects and the properties of several plants . Of the death - watch ; the presages drawn from ...
... iron ; that bays preserve from the mischief of lightning and thunder ; that bitter almonds are preservatives against ebriety Chap . 7. Of some insects and the properties of several plants . Of the death - watch ; the presages drawn from ...
Page iii
... iron Chap . 23. Of the unicorn's horn . · . PAGE 276 284 291 294 297 . 305 312 . 316 318 321 334 337 Chap . 24. That all animals of the land are in their kind in the sea 344 Chap . 25. Concerning the common course of our diet , in ...
... iron Chap . 23. Of the unicorn's horn . · . PAGE 276 284 291 294 297 . 305 312 . 316 318 321 334 337 Chap . 24. That all animals of the land are in their kind in the sea 344 Chap . 25. Concerning the common course of our diet , in ...
Page lxiii
... irons and brass from the windows and graves , what defacing of armes , what demolishing of curious stone - work , that had not any representation in the world , but only of the cost of the founder , and skill of the mason , what toting ...
... irons and brass from the windows and graves , what defacing of armes , what demolishing of curious stone - work , that had not any representation in the world , but only of the cost of the founder , and skill of the mason , what toting ...
Page lxxx
... iron , he mentions having seen one eat pellets of chewed paper as large as a walnut . He gives also , as a parallel , the following story : - " About 1638 , as I walked London streets , I sawe the picture of a strange fowle hang out ...
... iron , he mentions having seen one eat pellets of chewed paper as large as a walnut . He gives also , as a parallel , the following story : - " About 1638 , as I walked London streets , I sawe the picture of a strange fowle hang out ...
Page lxxxi
... iron , pp . 8-12 . Then follows a lengthened notice of the five kinds of one - horned animals noticed by Browne ; -the Indian ox and ass , the oryx , rhinoceros , and monoceros . His opinion is that three " might exist ; some one or ...
... iron , pp . 8-12 . Then follows a lengthened notice of the five kinds of one - horned animals noticed by Browne ; -the Indian ox and ass , the oryx , rhinoceros , and monoceros . His opinion is that three " might exist ; some one or ...
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Page xxxviii - Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato to unfold What worlds, or what vast regions, hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
Page 348 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Page 31 - Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down ; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Page 433 - So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.