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  • Loshak, and went on shore with him, and hee brought me to a heap of the Samoeds idols, which were in number aboue 300, the worst and the most vnartificiall worke that euer I saw: the eyes and mouthes of sundrie of them were bloodie, they had the shape of men, women and children, very grosly wrought, and that which they had made for other parts, was also sprinckled with blood.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • And presently new wayters brought in (apparrelled in the same colours) sixe pieces of bread cut for euery one, tossed and dressed with refined marrow, sprinckled ouer with Rose water, Saffron, and the iuice of Orenges, tempering the taste and gilded ouer, and with them sixe pieces of pure manchet were set downe.

    Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna

  • And beeing thus sprinckled with this rare and maiesticall water, the wayters with great reuerence presented vnto the Queene first a great cuppe of golde, and her highnesse affably saluting vs, drunke Nectar, and afterwardes euerie one of vs after other, with reuerent, mutual, and solemne honours done, did drinke a most pleasaunt farewell and shutting vp of all the pretious dainties that we had tasted and fed vpon.

    Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna

  • With which the cheekes are sprinckled, shal decay,

    Fowre Hymnes 1596

  • Yedurappa can order Ganga Jal to be sprinckled to purify the AIDS patients.

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

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