The Magic of Jewels and CharmsJ.B. Lippincott, 1915 - 422 sider |
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... WEIGHING MORE THAN 361⁄2 TONS ..... " THE WOMAN , " CAPE YORK METEORITE . " THE DOG , " CAPE YORK METEORITE .. TWO VIEWS OF THE WILLAMETTE METEORITE NOW IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY , NEW YORK CITY .. FLINT AMULETS OF THE ...
... WEIGHING MORE THAN 361⁄2 TONS ..... " THE WOMAN , " CAPE YORK METEORITE . " THE DOG , " CAPE YORK METEORITE .. TWO VIEWS OF THE WILLAMETTE METEORITE NOW IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY , NEW YORK CITY .. FLINT AMULETS OF THE ...
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... WEIGHING THE SOVEREIGN AGAINST PRECIOUS METALS , JEWELS AND OTHER VAL- UABLE OBJECTS , WHICH WERE DISTRIBUTED AS GIFTS .. 301 THE SACRED WELL OF CHICHEN ITZÁ ............ .. 307 CARVED AND WORKED STONES FROM THE SACRED WELL AT CHICHEN ...
... WEIGHING THE SOVEREIGN AGAINST PRECIOUS METALS , JEWELS AND OTHER VAL- UABLE OBJECTS , WHICH WERE DISTRIBUTED AS GIFTS .. 301 THE SACRED WELL OF CHICHEN ITZÁ ............ .. 307 CARVED AND WORKED STONES FROM THE SACRED WELL AT CHICHEN ...
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... weighing 7250 grains , was transmuted into gold by Wenzel Seiler , a noted alchemist of that time . This wonder was performed in full view of the emperor and his courtiers , by dipping the medallion in a solution . As there are four ...
... weighing 7250 grains , was transmuted into gold by Wenzel Seiler , a noted alchemist of that time . This wonder was performed in full view of the emperor and his courtiers , by dipping the medallion in a solution . As there are four ...
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... weighing 51 pounds , several slabs 8 inches square and from half inch to one inch in thickness were cut . Nearby a crystal weighing 285 pounds was found , and another weighing 188 pounds . Some of the crystals from this locality had on ...
... weighing 51 pounds , several slabs 8 inches square and from half inch to one inch in thickness were cut . Nearby a crystal weighing 285 pounds was found , and another weighing 188 pounds . Some of the crystals from this locality had on ...
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... weigh an ounce ; others again are sometimes as large as from one to " Torsten Kolmodin , “ Lapparne och deres Land ; Skildringar och Studier , " Pt . III , Stockholm , 1914 , p . 14 . two inches in length . When not entirely transparent ...
... weigh an ounce ; others again are sometimes as large as from one to " Torsten Kolmodin , “ Lapparne och deres Land ; Skildringar och Studier , " Pt . III , Stockholm , 1914 , p . 14 . two inches in length . When not entirely transparent ...
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Side 258 - This story shall the good man teach his son ; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered...
Side 321 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm : for love is strong as death ; jealousy is cruel as the grave : the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame...
Side 377 - Nay, had she been true, If heaven would make me such another world Of one entire and perfect chrysolite, I'd not have sold her for it.
Side 84 - ... smoothed ; it looks as if the whole had been broken into many pieces by a violent blow, and then united again. It is very difficult to determine accurately the quality of this stone, which has been worn to its present surface by the millions of touches and kisses it has received.
Side 282 - Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
Side 240 - And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people : and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Side 79 - Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
Side 267 - If Candlemas Day be fair and bright Winter will have another flight But if Candlemas Day be clouds and rain Winter is gone and will not come again.
Side 268 - ST. Swithin's day if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain : St. Swithin's day if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain na mair.
Side 326 - Nothing therefore is more excellent than the mysteries which ye seek after, saving only the mystery of the Seven Vowels and their forty and nine Powers, and the numbers thereof. And no name is more excellent than all these (Vowels), 1M a Name wherein be contained all Names and all Lights and all Powers.