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... colour , its body being marked with a zig - zag line of darker hue down the whole length of the back ; the broad head is oval in shape , bearing a V on its top , whilst widening behind the eyes , and narrowing to the neck ; the tail is ...
... colour , its body being marked with a zig - zag line of darker hue down the whole length of the back ; the broad head is oval in shape , bearing a V on its top , whilst widening behind the eyes , and narrowing to the neck ; the tail is ...
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... colour in which there appeareth the yellow figure of a snake , and that beasts which are stung , being given to drink of the water wherein this stone hath Small per- been socked , will therethrough recover . " 20 ANIMAL SIMPLES .
... colour in which there appeareth the yellow figure of a snake , and that beasts which are stung , being given to drink of the water wherein this stone hath Small per- been socked , will therethrough recover . " 20 ANIMAL SIMPLES .
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... colours these words : - " If I could hear as well as see , No man of life should master me . " In Leicestershire the saying obtains : " It'll bring you good luck to hang an ether skin o'er the chimbly " ; and in Cornwall it is believed ...
... colours these words : - " If I could hear as well as see , No man of life should master me . " In Leicestershire the saying obtains : " It'll bring you good luck to hang an ether skin o'er the chimbly " ; and in Cornwall it is believed ...
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... colour thereof , it is almost as hard to know what it is as where to find it . Some will have it the sperme of a fish , or some other unctuous matter arising from them ; others that it's the foam of the sea , or some excrescency thence ...
... colour thereof , it is almost as hard to know what it is as where to find it . Some will have it the sperme of a fish , or some other unctuous matter arising from them ; others that it's the foam of the sea , or some excrescency thence ...
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... colour and thin consistence it must be corked up , and carefully excluded from the light . The Animal Oil of commerce is procured during the manufacture of " bone black . " It is identical in its nature with the " Oleum cornu cervi ...
... colour and thin consistence it must be corked up , and carefully excluded from the light . The Animal Oil of commerce is procured during the manufacture of " bone black . " It is identical in its nature with the " Oleum cornu cervi ...
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