Stories
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Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
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The eye of darshan
The Hindu concept of darshan means “divine revelation”, but it’s also about the multilayered ways in which we see the world around us. Adrian Plau explains how one image in a Panjabi manuscript relates to darshan, and why it’s so striking.
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Thunderbolts and lightning
Fire in the sky has always exerted a hold on our imagination, even as early scientists unlocked the secrets of atmospheric electricity.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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The christian soldier in complete armour, or, a defence of Great Britain, against its many enemies, both at home and abroad. By William Forbes, Peterhead.
Forbes, William, active 18th century.Date: 1798- Books
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The christian soldier in complete armour, or a defence of Great Britain, against its many enemies, both at home and abroad, by William Forbes, Peterhead. To which is prefixed a remarkable prophecy, found under a wall at Paris.
Forbes, William, active 18th century.Date: 1799- Books
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The damneds doom, or some meditations in verse, upon the last great sentence, at the day of judgment.
Gibson, William, active 18th century.Date: Printed in the Year, 1701- Books
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The spiritual pilgrim: or The Christian's journey to New Jerusalem. In three parts. The first shewing his journey and adventures in his way from the city of sin to the town of morality. The second giving account of his journey from the town of morality of the city of repentance. The third treating of his journey and adventures in his way, into which he came at the city of repentance, till his safe arrival at New Jerusalem. The whole being a lively prospect of the several passages of a Christian's life, from his first coniction to his thorow conversion, and thenceforth till his death and happy reception into heaven. By Henry Wilson.
Wilson, Henry, active 18th century.Date: 1710- Books
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The ladies miscellany. Being, a collection of original poems, novels, and other curious tracts. By the most eminent hands.
Date: MD.CC.XXXII. MD.CC.XXX.II. [1732]