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Fortune-telling - Great Britain - Early works to 1800

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    The English fortune-tellers containing several necessary questions resolved by the ablest antient philosophers, and modern astrologers. Gathered from their writings and manuscripts, by J.P. student in astrology.

    John Phillips | Date: 1703
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    The old Egyptian fortune-teller's last legacy containing I. The wheel of fortune by the dice. II. The wheel of fortune by pricking with a pin. III. The signification of moles. IV. The art of palmestry. V. The interpretation of dreams. VI. The art of physognomy; wih the signification of lines in the face. VI. Omens of good and bad luck, &c.

    | Date: [1725?]

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