Littell's Living Age, Volume 172Living Age Company Incorporated, 1886 |
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Page 435
... death of Lucretius , and who un- doubtedly surpasses every English poet , except Shakespeare , in the variety and fertility of his faculties . Under this reign , says Sir Matthew Hale , the law was improved to its greatest height . The ...
... death of Lucretius , and who un- doubtedly surpasses every English poet , except Shakespeare , in the variety and fertility of his faculties . Under this reign , says Sir Matthew Hale , the law was improved to its greatest height . The ...
Page 583
... death . dungeon was situated beneath a granary , the gaping floor of which allowed some grains of oats to fall at the prisoner's feet ; and by their means he kept death at bay for seventeen days , hoping no doubt to the last for a ...
... death . dungeon was situated beneath a granary , the gaping floor of which allowed some grains of oats to fall at the prisoner's feet ; and by their means he kept death at bay for seventeen days , hoping no doubt to the last for a ...
Page 623
... death . Some old woman versed in magic for- mulas , and learned in the decoction of herbs and potions , is hastily summoned to the bedside ; and the unfortunate man would probably be left to perish without intelligent advice , unless ...
... death . Some old woman versed in magic for- mulas , and learned in the decoction of herbs and potions , is hastily summoned to the bedside ; and the unfortunate man would probably be left to perish without intelligent advice , unless ...
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