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"Volume 19, No. 541, April 7, 1832"


A.J.
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In the ancient German empire, such persons as endeavoured to sow sedition,
and disturb the public tranquillity, were condemned to become objects of
public notoriety and derision, by carrying a dog upon their shoulders,
from one great town to another. The Emperors, Otho I. and Frederick
Barbarossa, inflicted this punishment on noblemen of the highest rank.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.
With Engravings, price 5s.
ARCANA OF SCIENCE
And Annual Register of the Useful Arts for 1832.
Fifth Year.
The Volume for 1828, (fourth edition,) 4_s_. 6_d_.
The Volume for 1829 and 1830, (nearly out of print.)
and 1831, 5_s_. each.
"Any young gardener, who besides prosecuting his particular profession,
wishes to be apprized of what is going on in the great world of human
action generally, cannot possibly spend 5_s_. more efficiently than in the
purchase of this book; * * * the first spare sovereign to the acquisition
of the four back volumes, and then subsequently continue the work
annually."--_Gardeners' Magazine_, (just published.)
Printed for JOHN LIMBIRD, 143, Strand.
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_Printed and Published by J. LIMBIRD, 143, Strand, (near Somerset House.)
London; sold by ERNEST FLEISCHER, 626, New Market, Leipsic, G.


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