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medal_n 209_o etc._n etc._n 338._o caution_n in_o judge_v of_o inclination_n 338._o vid._n physiognomy_n cecil_n lord_n treasurer_n medal_n 100_o celestial_a sign_n vid._n zodiac_n ceratia_n 8._o chalcography_n and_o chalcographer_n 256_o 283_o 240._o vid._n graver_n character_n in_o the_o countenance_n which_o seldom_o fail_v the_o physiognomist_n 310_o etc._n etc._n character_n general_a of_o nation_n ibid._n charles_n i._o king_n of_o england_n his_o medal_n 105._o etc._n etc._n fate_n predict_v 335._o charles_n ii_o his_o medal_n 121_o etc._n etc._n like_o hen._n iu._n of_o france_n 305._o charles_n the_o great_a 49._o chineze_n their_o character_n 314._o clamys_o 26._o choler_n vid._n constitution_n temperament_n christ_n effigy_n in_o medal_n 44_o 183_o 288._o chronology_n advance_v by_o medal_n 48_o 50_o 52_o 182._o vid._n epocha_n chemist_n 275._o vid._n spagirist_n cicero_n 319._o his_o person_n describe_v ibid._n cidaris_n 29._o city_n shall_v not_o sell_v or_o alienate_v 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traffic_n 4_o 5_o 6_o 9_o 11_o 13_o 139._o comes_fw-la largitionum_fw-la 7._o complexion_n 338._o vid._n humour_n conflagration_n 2._o of_o london_n 162._o see_v london_n concubine_n and_o favourite_n stamp_v in_o med._n 37._o vid._n strumpet_n congiare_n 187._o conjecture_n 337._o by_o what_o to_o be_v make_v 294_o 310._o conob_n what_o 22._o consecration_n 49._o conspirator_n and_o notorious_a villain_n 226._o constantinople_n 22._o constantinus_n magnus_n his_o cipher_n symbol_n 31_o 32_o 186._o pretend_a donative_n etc._n etc._n 34_o 35._o constitution_n how_o it_o dispose_v to_o the_o choice_n of_o a_o profession_n 332._o consular_a medal_n 8._o mark_v 14_o 37_o 44_o 99_o 182._o rank_a in_o the_o cabinet_n 249_o consul_n name_n and_o dignity_n eclipse_v 39_o 183._o contorniati_n what_o 17._o vid._n medalion_n copper_n 4_o 13_o 39_o 213._o corinthian_a brass_n vid._n corinthian_n cornucopia_n 60_o 63._o corvus_n 4._o council_n of_o florence_n med._n 10._o countenance_n often_o 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cidaris_n 29._o crown_n of_o the_o saxon_n english_a before_o france_n swede_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n bold_a attempt_n to_o steal_v it_o vid._n blood_n curule_v chair_n 63._o custom_n