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... and to be derived from whiffle , another name for a fife or a small flute , but he has given no authority whatever for this signification of the word whiffle . His dictum there- fore can hardly be received , and the less as ...
... and to be derived from whiffle , another name for a fife or a small flute , but he has given no authority whatever for this signification of the word whiffle . His dictum there- fore can hardly be received , and the less as ...
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As to the giants in Guildhall , Stow , -and he no doubt gave the received opinion of his day , -states that they were the representatives of a Briton and a Saxon . It does not , however seem very probable , and unless they were ...
As to the giants in Guildhall , Stow , -and he no doubt gave the received opinion of his day , -states that they were the representatives of a Briton and a Saxon . It does not , however seem very probable , and unless they were ...
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... then , as if the maiden had received from Satan the faculty of predicting future events , they would interrogate ... hereupon she would draw out any of the things thrown into the vessel , which the foolish owner receiving imagined ...
... then , as if the maiden had received from Satan the faculty of predicting future events , they would interrogate ... hereupon she would draw out any of the things thrown into the vessel , which the foolish owner receiving imagined ...
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The council received its name from the trullum , i.e. dome ( trulla , a cap or dome , ) of the palace of Constantinople , though the term was more properly applied to the hall in which the emperors consulted on state affairs .
The council received its name from the trullum , i.e. dome ( trulla , a cap or dome , ) of the palace of Constantinople , though the term was more properly applied to the hall in which the emperors consulted on state affairs .
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That Europe received alchemy from the Arabs I do not for a moment question ; but this proves nothing ; and we know enough of the Egyptian character to make it extremely probable that both astrology and alchemy had their birth in the ...
That Europe received alchemy from the Arabs I do not for a moment question ; but this proves nothing ; and we know enough of the Egyptian character to make it extremely probable that both astrology and alchemy had their birth in the ...
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