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... various denominations , many of them displaying great courage , and being written with uncommon ability . Mer cury was the prevailing title , generally qualified with some epithet ; and the quaintness peculiar to the age is curiously ...
... various denominations , many of them displaying great courage , and being written with uncommon ability . Mer cury was the prevailing title , generally qualified with some epithet ; and the quaintness peculiar to the age is curiously ...
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... various offices besides , combined that of public crier . His duties as crier appear to have been restricted , with few exceptions , to state announcements and to great occasions . He gave notice , however , of sales . For the ...
... various offices besides , combined that of public crier . His duties as crier appear to have been restricted , with few exceptions , to state announcements and to great occasions . He gave notice , however , of sales . For the ...
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... various advertisements . There will be a dedication or formal opening of certain baths . The com- pany attending are promised slaughter of wild beasts , athletic games , perfumed sprinkling , and awnings to keep off the sun ( venatia ...
... various advertisements . There will be a dedication or formal opening of certain baths . The com- pany attending are promised slaughter of wild beasts , athletic games , perfumed sprinkling , and awnings to keep off the sun ( venatia ...
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... various items of that profes- sion , notably four men carrying a box with vases of perfume , and men laying out and perfuming a corpse . There was also a sign of the Two Gladiators , under which , in the usual Pompeian cacography , was ...
... various items of that profes- sion , notably four men carrying a box with vases of perfume , and men laying out and perfuming a corpse . There was also a sign of the Two Gladiators , under which , in the usual Pompeian cacography , was ...
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... various other ingenious means of attracting attention to the play through- out the United Kingdom . Among other forms of advertising , that on the copper coinage must not be forgotten . The extensive defacement of the pence and ...
... various other ingenious means of attracting attention to the play through- out the United Kingdom . Among other forms of advertising , that on the copper coinage must not be forgotten . The extensive defacement of the pence and ...
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