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... given us of human beatification- " Seu te in remoto gramine per dies Festos reclinatum bearis Interiore notâ Falerni ! " . Do you not see him before you ? Spread out at full length upon the remote herbage , far away from the din of ...
... given us of human beatification- " Seu te in remoto gramine per dies Festos reclinatum bearis Interiore notâ Falerni ! " . Do you not see him before you ? Spread out at full length upon the remote herbage , far away from the din of ...
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... given by the Saracens to a considerable part of the continent of Greece ; and the several spellings , Romania , Ruma- C nia , and Rumenia , correspond pretty close- ly with the variations in the name of the wine . In confirmation of ...
... given by the Saracens to a considerable part of the continent of Greece ; and the several spellings , Romania , Ruma- C nia , and Rumenia , correspond pretty close- ly with the variations in the name of the wine . In confirmation of ...
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... given by VENNER , who says , that Bastard is in virtue some . what like to muskadell , and may also , in stead thereof , be used : it is in goodness so much inferiour to muskadell , as the same is to malmsey . ' It was , therefore , not ...
... given by VENNER , who says , that Bastard is in virtue some . what like to muskadell , and may also , in stead thereof , be used : it is in goodness so much inferiour to muskadell , as the same is to malmsey . ' It was , therefore , not ...
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... given rise to such a distinction between it and the other kinds then in use ; not to mention that such an application of the term would have been wholly at variance with the etymology as above deduced . A more particular examination of ...
... given rise to such a distinction between it and the other kinds then in use ; not to mention that such an application of the term would have been wholly at variance with the etymology as above deduced . A more particular examination of ...
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... given of the various kinds of Sack known in his time . Your best Sacks , ' he observes , are of Xeres , in Spain , -your smaller , of Gallicia and Portugall ; your strong Sacks are of the islands of the Canaries and of Malligo ; and ...
... given of the various kinds of Sack known in his time . Your best Sacks , ' he observes , are of Xeres , in Spain , -your smaller , of Gallicia and Portugall ; your strong Sacks are of the islands of the Canaries and of Malligo ; and ...
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