Handy-book of Literary CuriositiesGibbings, 1894 - 1104 páginas |
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... ancient and medieval criers ( called præcones in Rome ) who , besides their public duties , announced the time , the place , and the conditions of sales , the hawkers who cried their own goods , the libelli of the Romans ( announcing ...
... ancient and medieval criers ( called præcones in Rome ) who , besides their public duties , announced the time , the place , and the conditions of sales , the hawkers who cried their own goods , the libelli of the Romans ( announcing ...
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... ancient saying : " But no simile holds on everything , according to the ancient saying , Nullum simile quatuor pedibus currit . " The saying is still a common form of comparison with law- yers to imply that two things exactly agree ...
... ancient saying : " But no simile holds on everything , according to the ancient saying , Nullum simile quatuor pedibus currit . " The saying is still a common form of comparison with law- yers to imply that two things exactly agree ...
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... ancient French law a disgraceful punishment , inflicted for the most part on offenders against public decency . The offender was stripped to his shirt , when the hangman put a rope about his neck and a taper in his hand 50 HANDY - BOOK OF.
... ancient French law a disgraceful punishment , inflicted for the most part on offenders against public decency . The offender was stripped to his shirt , when the hangman put a rope about his neck and a taper in his hand 50 HANDY - BOOK OF.
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... ancient times , when the world is ancient , and not those which we account ancient ordine retrogrado , by computation backward from our- selves . " Whewell has pointed out that the same thought occurs in Giordano Bruno's " Cena di ...
... ancient times , when the world is ancient , and not those which we account ancient ordine retrogrado , by computation backward from our- selves . " Whewell has pointed out that the same thought occurs in Giordano Bruno's " Cena di ...
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... ancient indentures masters bound themselves not to feed their apprentices on salmon more than thrice a week . A lively controversy on this subject in Notes and Queries led to an offer by the editor of that periodical of five pounds for ...
... ancient indentures masters bound themselves not to feed their apprentices on salmon more than thrice a week . A lively controversy on this subject in Notes and Queries led to an offer by the editor of that periodical of five pounds for ...
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