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... kind of lore , prevailed upon Dee and Kelly to accompany him back to Poland . Laski soon , however , grew weary of their conjurations , and contrived an excuse for sending them to the emperor Rudolph II . , who also speedily dismissed ...
... kind of lore , prevailed upon Dee and Kelly to accompany him back to Poland . Laski soon , however , grew weary of their conjurations , and contrived an excuse for sending them to the emperor Rudolph II . , who also speedily dismissed ...
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... kind of little invisible midwives .'- Character of an Hermetic Philosopher . Alluding to a deprecation in our Litany , objected to by the Dis- senters . See BENNET'S Abridgment of London Cases , c . iv.-G. The fraud of the astrologers ...
... kind of little invisible midwives .'- Character of an Hermetic Philosopher . Alluding to a deprecation in our Litany , objected to by the Dis- senters . See BENNET'S Abridgment of London Cases , c . iv.-G. The fraud of the astrologers ...
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... of speculation and controversy . A remarkable instance of this kind is made mention of by Giraldus Cambrensis , of a hunting sow that had sucked a bitch . - G . Put you into a way , at least , To 62 HUDIBRAS TO SIDROPHEL .
... of speculation and controversy . A remarkable instance of this kind is made mention of by Giraldus Cambrensis , of a hunting sow that had sucked a bitch . - G . Put you into a way , at least , To 62 HUDIBRAS TO SIDROPHEL .
Page 77
... kind , were regarded with great wonder in Butler's time , and , as Dr. Nash observes , passed with the vulgar for enchantments . † The whole of this passage applies with greater force to the age of the Restoration , when jugglers and ...
... kind , were regarded with great wonder in Butler's time , and , as Dr. Nash observes , passed with the vulgar for enchantments . † The whole of this passage applies with greater force to the age of the Restoration , when jugglers and ...
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... kind of broking - trade in love , Employed in all th ' intrigues and trust , Of feeble speculative lust ; Procurer to th ' extravagancy And crazy ribaldry of fancy , By those the devil had forsook , As things below him , to provoke ...
... kind of broking - trade in love , Employed in all th ' intrigues and trust , Of feeble speculative lust ; Procurer to th ' extravagancy And crazy ribaldry of fancy , By those the devil had forsook , As things below him , to provoke ...
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