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... finger - ring , came into general favour throughout all the population ; a new manner this of securing the seal , for its oriental inventors had invariably worn their cylinder or stamp as the ornament of a bracelet or necklace . That ...
... finger - ring , came into general favour throughout all the population ; a new manner this of securing the seal , for its oriental inventors had invariably worn their cylinder or stamp as the ornament of a bracelet or necklace . That ...
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... finger graced . " A line affording a proof , if any were wanted , that the favourite rings of the deceased were burnt together with the corpse ; a fact which fully accounts for the number of fine intagli , partly or wholly calcined ...
... finger graced . " A line affording a proof , if any were wanted , that the favourite rings of the deceased were burnt together with the corpse ; a fact which fully accounts for the number of fine intagli , partly or wholly calcined ...
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... fingers , they attract straws and scraps of paper . " The description of it given by Solinus is , as before , more definite ; he calls the stone Lychnites , because it shines most by lamplight : it is both of a transparent purple and of ...
... fingers , they attract straws and scraps of paper . " The description of it given by Solinus is , as before , more definite ; he calls the stone Lychnites , because it shines most by lamplight : it is both of a transparent purple and of ...
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... finger . It was highly valued still in Pliny's age , though somewhat fallen in esti- mation from the time of its first discovery , when it was pre- ferred to all other gems.9 In compensation for this exchange of names the ancient I have ...
... finger . It was highly valued still in Pliny's age , though somewhat fallen in esti- mation from the time of its first discovery , when it was pre- ferred to all other gems.9 In compensation for this exchange of names the ancient I have ...
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... finger of a sickly person , but recovered its colour when transferred to a healthy hand . Another fancy was that its hue varied with the hour of the day , so that to the careful observer it could serve the purpose of a dial . In Germany ...
... finger of a sickly person , but recovered its colour when transferred to a healthy hand . Another fancy was that its hue varied with the hour of the day , so that to the careful observer it could serve the purpose of a dial . In Germany ...
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