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  • Back in Antwerp by 1556, Bruegel collaborated with the printmaker Hieronymus Cock on a commercially successful series of engravings, which were sold at Cock's famous shop, Aux Quatre Vents, near the newly opened stock exchange.

    Earthy Grandeur Jonathan Lopez 2011

  • The Eastern Nations believe it to be hatched by a Viper on a Cock's Egg. Southey.

    Annotations 2007

  • Ingratitude among them and a Cock's Egg of Credulity (CC 1.134).

    Annotations 2007

  • A cockatrice is a Dragon with a Crown on his head, and hatched by a Viper on a Cock's Egg. The Viper was the Symbol of

    Annotations 2007

  • Arshile Gorky's spectacular "The Liver Is the Cock's Comb" (1944) and Helen Frankenthaler's seminal "Mountains and Sea" (1952) are among the array of pieces that testify to Mr. Kleeblatt's disciplined selection of works.

    When American Painters 2008

  • Cock's article in National Geographic said residents "scraped together money to help fund our work."

    Squeezing the Squatters 2002

  • Video Game: Tony Cock's Pro Skater one, two and three.

    xcavemanx Diary Entry xcavemanx 2002

  • Only a small proportion of Cock's sample, 16 per cent, thought that women are generally inferior to men in their personal qualities.

    Triumph's Part 3 - At Work 1985

  • "Well, I'm going to have a try," said Tadpole; "it's the last run of the half, and if a fellow gets in at the end big-side stands ale and bread and cheese and a bowl of punch; and the Cock's such a famous place for ale."

    Tom Brown's Schooldays Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 1971

  • "Cock's shrill clarion," and reminded that body and mind alike needed repose.

    Lewie Or, The Bended Twig

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