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... common , & more tempestuous , as if the foure endes of heauen had conspired to turne the foundations of the earth vpside downe ; thunders and lightnings neither seasonable for the time , and withall most terrible , with such effects ...
... common , & more tempestuous , as if the foure endes of heauen had conspired to turne the foundations of the earth vpside downe ; thunders and lightnings neither seasonable for the time , and withall most terrible , with such effects ...
Page v
... Rie was sold for fiue shillings , a bushel of wheat for sixe , seuen , or eight shillings , & c . for still it rose in price , which dearth happened ( after ... the common opinion ) more by meanes of ouermuch trans- PREFACE . V.
... Rie was sold for fiue shillings , a bushel of wheat for sixe , seuen , or eight shillings , & c . for still it rose in price , which dearth happened ( after ... the common opinion ) more by meanes of ouermuch trans- PREFACE . V.
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William Shakespeare. the common opinion ) more by meanes of ouermuch trans- porting , by our owne merchants for their priuate gaine , than through the vnseasonablenesse of the weather passed . ' ( Annales , ed . 1601 , pp . 1274-9 ) . A ...
William Shakespeare. the common opinion ) more by meanes of ouermuch trans- porting , by our owne merchants for their priuate gaine , than through the vnseasonablenesse of the weather passed . ' ( Annales , ed . 1601 , pp . 1274-9 ) . A ...
Page xvii
... For in that case he saith ; What haue we here ? Hemton hamten , here will I neuer more tread nor stampen . ' Again ( Bk . vii . ch . 15 ) , ' It is a common ... b saieing ; A lion feareth no bugs . But in PREFACE . xvii.
... For in that case he saith ; What haue we here ? Hemton hamten , here will I neuer more tread nor stampen . ' Again ( Bk . vii . ch . 15 ) , ' It is a common ... b saieing ; A lion feareth no bugs . But in PREFACE . xvii.
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... common . Percy ( Reliques , vol . iii . book 2 , end ) quotes a receipt by the celebrated astrologer Dr. Dee for ' An unguent to annoynt under the Eyelids , and upon the Eyelids eveninge and morninge : but especially when you call ...
... common . Percy ( Reliques , vol . iii . book 2 , end ) quotes a receipt by the celebrated astrologer Dr. Dee for ' An unguent to annoynt under the Eyelids , and upon the Eyelids eveninge and morninge : but especially when you call ...
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