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Culpeper's not sure whether to be aroused or disturbed.
A Killing in the Market Neil Serven 2011
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It is a perfect match, and wasn't that hard to find (if you know a bit about etymology, herbology, and have access to Culpeper's complete herbal).
catpewk Diary Entry catpewk 2004
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Culpeper's knowledge of Virginia's geography, the area of the grant included in the Northern Neck was substantially enlarged over the boundaries stated in the previous charters of 1649 and 1669, the additions later being interpreted as extending Culpeper's claim beyond the Blue Ridge Mountains to the foot of the Alleghenies.
Mother Earth Land Grants in Virginia 1607-1699 Walter Stitt Robinson
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Despite efforts that were again made by the colony to eliminate the proprietary grant, it was confirmed to Culpeper's survivors and passed by marriage to the Fairfax family.
Mother Earth Land Grants in Virginia 1607-1699 Walter Stitt Robinson
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Among the men from Perquimans who took part in this disturbance, known in history as Culpeper's Rebellion, were George Durant, Alexander
In Ancient Albemarle Catherine Albertson 1938
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The cause of Culpeper's Rebellion dates back to the passing of the navigation act by Cromwell's Parliament, when that vigorous ruler held sway in England and over the American colonies.
In Ancient Albemarle Catherine Albertson 1938
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No fee had been exacted in Virginia except in Lord Culpeper's time, and this the King had on complaint of the legislature promptly discontinued, so Dinwiddie in breaking a custom of nearly an uninterrupted century's standing was exceedingly unwise.
History of Virginia 1924
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Everywhere the strike was discussed, and everywhere, in the Culpeper's circle, Gideon Vetch and his policies were repudiated.
One Man in His Time Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909
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Culpeper's _Complete Herbal_, written from "my house in Spitalfields next the Red Lion, September 5th, 1653."
Apologia Diffidentis 1905
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"I have no desire to attend my Lord Culpeper's ball, madam," said she.
The Heart's Highway: A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century 1900
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