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... body up , And cast it in a stream , - A sluggish water , black as ink , The depth was so extreme : — My gentle Boy , remember this Is nothing but a dream ! " Down went the corse with a hollow plunge , 34 THE CITY OF YORK .
... body up , And cast it in a stream , - A sluggish water , black as ink , The depth was so extreme : — My gentle Boy , remember this Is nothing but a dream ! " Down went the corse with a hollow plunge , 34 THE CITY OF YORK .
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... bodies , and predicted victory from the inspection of the bowels . In their battles they used a species of immense drum ; for they struck upon skins stretched over their war chariots , which emitted a very powerful sound . ( Strabo ...
... bodies , and predicted victory from the inspection of the bowels . In their battles they used a species of immense drum ; for they struck upon skins stretched over their war chariots , which emitted a very powerful sound . ( Strabo ...
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... bodies of a blue colour , with woad , which gave them a more horrible appearance in battle . It is remarkable that these fair - skinned people coloured themselves to be as black people , so as to become more terrible to their enemies ...
... bodies of a blue colour , with woad , which gave them a more horrible appearance in battle . It is remarkable that these fair - skinned people coloured themselves to be as black people , so as to become more terrible to their enemies ...
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... bodies from infancy , as Pliny says the British wives and nurses did it . ( Lib . xxii . c . 2. ) Herodian remarks of ... body excepting the upper lip . Cæsar said the population was numerous - 30,000 in 1080 - but chiefly Danes . The ...
... bodies from infancy , as Pliny says the British wives and nurses did it . ( Lib . xxii . c . 2. ) Herodian remarks of ... body excepting the upper lip . Cæsar said the population was numerous - 30,000 in 1080 - but chiefly Danes . The ...
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... bodies were recovered from the Thames ; in 1878 , 876 ; in 1879 , 217 ; in 1880 , 277 ; total , four years , 1,608 . Take the annual rate at 230 , and then during the last ten years 2,300 people have either been murdered or have killed ...
... bodies were recovered from the Thames ; in 1878 , 876 ; in 1879 , 217 ; in 1880 , 277 ; total , four years , 1,608 . Take the annual rate at 230 , and then during the last ten years 2,300 people have either been murdered or have killed ...
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