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  • Ambrose is said of a stone named ambra, which is much sweet, odorant and precious, and also it is much precious in the church, and much sweet smelling in deeds and in words.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900

  • Nice to see they still have things to discuss now that the books are done and the movies almost done. ambra ur a poohead , this theme park may not be for you but there are lots of younger childern outthere besides you!

    Early Look At The Harry Potter Themepark | /Film 2009

  • Brought commonly from Turkistan, it was, with certain quantities of sandalwood and ambra, made into a perfume.

    The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala 973-1057 Abu al-Ala al-Maarri 1917

  • Or Ambrose may be said of ambra and syos which is as much to say as God, for Ambrose is as much to say as amber of

    The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900

  • Ic bidde and bebeode swælc monn se thæt min lond hebbe thæt he ælce gere agefe them higum æt Folcanstane l. ambra maltes, and vi. ambra gruta, and iii. wega spices and ceses, and cccc. hlafa, and an hrithr, and vi. scep ....

    English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day 1873

  • Agent Provocateur promises more than just a delicious rounding off with its mixture of ambra oil, Haitian vetiver, exotic woods and musk in its fragrance Strip.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2008

  • i have some vids/photos of ambra hooping it up! do i e-mail them to submit?

    Hooping.org | Blog | Amber hooping at the Livery Theatre 2006

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