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The marvellous ship of Ptolemy required four thousand rowers to move it , and carried the comparatively small number of three thousand marines — " or at least , " says Athenaeus on the ancient principle of speaking the truth and shaming ...
The marvellous ship of Ptolemy required four thousand rowers to move it , and carried the comparatively small number of three thousand marines — " or at least , " says Athenaeus on the ancient principle of speaking the truth and shaming ...
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Take a pound of hartshorn shavings , nine ounces of eringo root , three ounces of isinglass , a chopin of bruised snails , the shells taken off and cleaned : take two vipers or four ounces of the powder of them : put all these ...
Take a pound of hartshorn shavings , nine ounces of eringo root , three ounces of isinglass , a chopin of bruised snails , the shells taken off and cleaned : take two vipers or four ounces of the powder of them : put all these ...
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6 in . at the base internally and was supported N TRANSEPT by four pointed arches , of which the corbels are long and sharply faceted . A simpler vaulting is to be seen in the tower , and it would be interesting to ascertain whether ...
6 in . at the base internally and was supported N TRANSEPT by four pointed arches , of which the corbels are long and sharply faceted . A simpler vaulting is to be seen in the tower , and it would be interesting to ascertain whether ...
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CAPTAIN JOHN JENNINGS | 561 |
The Feast OF CANDLES | 574 |
DINING with DUKE HUMPHREY | 581 |
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