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... figure of the coin , and its interpretation : Read from left to right , the letters , or rather words , are : SF TR Ch N : in Turkish it reads , The Boundary of the Turks ; and the two drum sticks ! are the pillars of Hercules , or the ...
... figure of the coin , and its interpretation : Read from left to right , the letters , or rather words , are : SF TR Ch N : in Turkish it reads , The Boundary of the Turks ; and the two drum sticks ! are the pillars of Hercules , or the ...
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... figure you have engraved on p . 91 of your December " Notes , " as a Turnbuckle , is the common casement latch of ... figures that , accord- ing to Ryland's History of Waterford , " with a good imagination , and some knowledge of the ...
... figure you have engraved on p . 91 of your December " Notes , " as a Turnbuckle , is the common casement latch of ... figures that , accord- ing to Ryland's History of Waterford , " with a good imagination , and some knowledge of the ...
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... figure like the Greek 8 , is the sign of Taurus , to denote the month when the sun entered into Taurus . The dove and leaf seem to refer to " the dove and olive leaf , " Gen. viii . 11 . 4 月 Let me now refer your readers to Drummond's ...
... figure like the Greek 8 , is the sign of Taurus , to denote the month when the sun entered into Taurus . The dove and leaf seem to refer to " the dove and olive leaf , " Gen. viii . 11 . 4 月 Let me now refer your readers to Drummond's ...
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... figure of the Protector , on a small ornamental tablet , is " The Emblem of England's distractions , and also of her attained and further expected Freedom and Happiness ; " which sufficiently explains the extraordinary allegorical figures ...
... figure of the Protector , on a small ornamental tablet , is " The Emblem of England's distractions , and also of her attained and further expected Freedom and Happiness ; " which sufficiently explains the extraordinary allegorical figures ...
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... figures of animals and flowers , and wrapped in a coarse linen cloth , which had previously been dipped in melted wax , to exclude the air and damp . " By the direction of Turgot , the prior , " they conveyed the smaller chest from ...
... figures of animals and flowers , and wrapped in a coarse linen cloth , which had previously been dipped in melted wax , to exclude the air and damp . " By the direction of Turgot , the prior , " they conveyed the smaller chest from ...
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Page 60 - And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. 54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armour-bearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him.
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Page 101 - And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
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Page 88 - And also, of animals when they retired to rest, a hart was said to be harbored, a buck lodged, a roebuck bedded, a hare formed, a rabbit set, etc.
Page 36 - O'er the deep ! The dread behest is past ! — All is silent as the grave ; One shriek was first and last — Scarce a death-sob drunk the blast, As sank her towering mast Beneath the wave.