 | Elizabeth Stone - 1845 - 484 pages
...in his hand, and threw it about like a stone ; but this I observed he cared not to hold very long; then he stood on a small pot, and bending his body,...with his hands ; with divers other prodigious feats." The water-spouter, Floriam Marchand, whom Mr. Evelyn saw in Paris, he mentions as above all surprising... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1850 - 414 pages
...in his hand, and threw it about like a stone ; but this I observed, he cared not to hold very long; then, he stood on a small pot; and, bending his body,...from between his feet, without touching the pot, or * Situate in the Old Jewry. Sir Robert built it to keep his shrievalty, which he did with great magnificence.... | |
 | 1874 - 592 pages
...and threw it about like a stone ; but this I observed, that he cared not to hold very long. Then ho stood on a small pot, and bending his body, took a glowing iron in his mouth from between his feet, without touching the pot or ground with his hands ; with divers... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1862 - 446 pages
...in his hand, and threw it about like a stone ; but this I observed, he cared not to hold very long ; then, he stood on a small pot ; and, bending his body,...with his hands ; with divers other prodigious feats. 13<A. After sermon (being summoned before), I went to my Lord Keeper's, Sir Orlanao Bridgeman, at Essex... | |
 | 1868 - 878 pages
...it a raw oyster ; the coal was blown on with bellows till it named and sparkled in his mouth, and eo remained till the oyster gaped, and was quite broiled...mouth from between his feet, without touching the Salamander,' performed astonishing feats of this kind in London and other places in England. According... | |
 | Ephraim Chambers - 1870 - 854 pages
...raw oyster ; the coal was blown on with bellows till it flamed and sparkled in his mouth, and во remained till the oyster gaped, and was quite broiled...other prodigious feats.' About 1818, Signora Josephine Giranlelli, who described herself as the 'original Salamander,' performed astonishing feats of this... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1870 - 788 pages
...stood on a small pot, and bending his body tooke a glowing yron with his mouth from betweene his feete, without touching the pot or ground with his hands ; with divers other prodigious feates. 13. After sermon (being summon'd before) I went to my Lord Keeper's Sir Orlando Bridgeman at... | |
 | Thomas Frost - 1874 - 434 pages
...then in his hands and threw it about like a stone ; but this I observed he cared not to do very long ; then he stood on a small pot, and, bending his body,...with his hands ; with divers other prodigious feats." There are few notices of the London fairs in contemporary memoirs and journals, and as few advertisements... | |
 | Thomas Frost - 1874 - 406 pages
...then in his hands and threw it about like a stone ; but this I observed he cared not to do very long; then he stood on a small pot, and, bending his body,...with his hands ; with divers other prodigious feats." There are few notices of the London fairs in contemporary memoirs and journals, and as few advertisements... | |
 | Tom Taylor - 1874 - 554 pages
...like a stone; but this I observed, he cared not to hold very long; then he stood on a small iron-pot, and bending his body took a glowing iron with his...without touching the pot or ground with his hands, with other prodigious feats." On the death of the Earl of Leicester in 1677, Viscount Lisle succeeded to... | |
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I observed, he cared not to hold very long; then, he stood on a small pot; and, bending his body, took a glowing iron with his mouth from between his feet, without touching the pot, or ground, with his hands; with divers other prodigious feats. 
