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... plant , which they steeped in wine or vinegar . And because the root was thus used in love charms , they called the mandrake the plant of Circe , after the famous sorceress who turned men into swine through a magic draught . Indeed , so ...
... plant , which they steeped in wine or vinegar . And because the root was thus used in love charms , they called the mandrake the plant of Circe , after the famous sorceress who turned men into swine through a magic draught . Indeed , so ...
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... plant is to be uprooted by a hungry dog who has been tied to it and drags the plant out of the earth in his efforts to get at a piece of meat placed beyond his reach . This work was translated into Anglo- Saxon , and the manuscripts of ...
... plant is to be uprooted by a hungry dog who has been tied to it and drags the plant out of the earth in his efforts to get at a piece of meat placed beyond his reach . This work was translated into Anglo- Saxon , and the manuscripts of ...
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... plant about which these queer fables were told ? Josephus speaks as if it grew only in one spot of the deep glen , the ancient Callirrhoe , the modern Zerka Ma'in . Canon Tristram , who visited the glen and has given us a vivid ...
... plant about which these queer fables were told ? Josephus speaks as if it grew only in one spot of the deep glen , the ancient Callirrhoe , the modern Zerka Ma'in . Canon Tristram , who visited the glen and has given us a vivid ...
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS THE NEXT THIRTY YEARS BY THE RIGHT | 1 |
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191617 | 33 |
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191718 | 51 |
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