10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WONDERMONGER»
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wondermonger in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Presents a haunting collection of tales that capture a mysterious world peopled by mythic characters who reveal the dark corners of the human soul
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Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments
Wondermonger. If the Library of America ever gets around to honoring a fantasy
or science fiction writer — and I'm not precisely holding my breath here — my
favorite-son vote would go to Jack Vance. (On later ballots I'd support Philip K.
Dick, ...
The famous adventurer and wondermonger, Comte de St. Germain, died in
Prince Charles's arms in 1784. His papers devolved on the Landgrave, who,
however, never revealed any of the mysteries of this man.' Prince Charles has
done ...
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International Record of Medicine and General Practice Clinics
But a wondermonger bent on feeding popular credulity might easily persuade
himself that he was justified by some of the ingenious physiologist's published
expressions in asserting that he did mean to profess that very thing. We assume
that ...
Edward Swift Dunster, James Bradbridge Hunter, Frank Pierce Foster, 1905
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Emanuel Swedenborg: His Life & Writings
... is to make a prodigious mistake. The mere wondermonger soon becomes a
bore; and as he * Recent British Philosophy {Lectures delivered at the Royal
Institution, 1865), p. 285. b prolongs bis entertainment we have to cry, as Hotspur
did.
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The Enthusiasm of Methodists and Papists Considered
thing of the marvellous, especially if heightened into the miraculous; and thereby
easily persuaded of the wondermonger's divine mission. ' Here also the
Methodists have been dabbling. Some instances of an extraordinary nature,
procured by ...
George Lavington, Richard Polwhele, 1820
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Lancashire Folk-Lore: illustrative of the superstitious ...
... author or translator of A History of Plants, or Herball; first published in folio in
1597, has the following marvellous story respecting barnacle-shells growing on
trees, and giving birth to young geese ; not as a thing which some wondermonger
...
John HARLAND (Antiquary, and WILKINSON (Thomas Turner)), Thomas Turner WILKINSON, 1867
... waxen caricatures of noted men and women, mechanical puzzles, where
sensational dramas and juggling tricks are performed, aided often with very plain
music to enhance the attraction — in a word, a wondermonger's device to allure
the ...
Schles~ wig,' adds Dr. Vehse, 'was the place of rendezvous for all the mystery-
men of the age. The famous adventurer and wondermonger. Comte de St.
Germain, died in Prince Charles's arms in 1784. His papers devolved on the
Landgrave, ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1866
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Alchemists, Epics, and Heroes: The Rhetorical Construction ...
... and J. V. Golinski discusses at length how the Phosphorus demonstrations
even in the 1670s still “put at risk the public image of the natural philosopher,
who became liable to be confused with a conjurer, showman, or wondermonger”
(24).
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Described as a goldsmith and wondermonger, Hunter creates jewelry pieces out of one-of-a-kind materials such as tribal trade beads, ancient coins and ... «Capital City Weekly, Sep 09»
