Purchas

He must have read the compendium of early travels pulled together by Samuel Purchas in the 1613 volume titled Purchas his Pilgrimage.

The Opium Eater and the Khan 2009

Pigafetta (in Purchas) reduces this to hen’s eggs and Sir Thomas Herbert to dove’s eggs.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

The pair reappeared in the doorway -- Captain Runacles bearing an hour-glass and a volume of "Purchas," and Simeon the tankards, crowned with a creamy froth.

The Blue Pavilions Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

In consequence of a slight indisposition, an anodyne had been prescribed, from the effects of which he fell asleep in his chair at the moment that he was reading the following sentence, or words of the same substance, in 'Purchas's

Rime of the ancient mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803

And in a marginal note, "These great apes are called Pongo's."] [Footnote 3: 'Purchas' note '.

Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

[1614, Purchas, cited in OED] (3b) Luckily. .our speculations are supported by facts.

What’s wrong with “hopefully”? « Motivated Grammar 2010

In summary, it appears to me that the plain and reasonable interpretation of the data is that the True Reportory is correctly dated July 15, 1610, as its first editor, Samuel Purchas, thought, and that the text was available in London by November 1610 at the latest.

Shakespeare Controversies 2010

At least 10 of those addresses had gone online more than 28 times, Purchas said, or an average of nearly once per day.

ProWomanProLife » When evil lurks around the corner 2010

Purchas first showed the court a large Google Earth map of Canada covered in red dots, each representing “hubs” of hundreds of IP addresses identified as being available to share child pornography online.

ProWomanProLife » When evil lurks around the corner 2010

But how can we be ignorant of your country and manners, or deceived by the evasion of its inhabitants, when the voyages of discovery which have been made to it rival in number those recorded by Purchas or by Hackluyt?

The Monastery 2008