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They had grown tired of cooking in Nepenthe in Big Sur, bored with the same scenery they had looked at for some thirty-odd years, so they turned in their spoons, tall white hats and aprons.
Wildfires and old men: the legacy of US immigrants in Talpa 2008
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They had grown tired of cooking in Nepenthe in Big Sur, bored with the same scenery they had looked at for some thirty-odd years, so they turned in their spoons, tall white hats and aprons.
Wildfires and old men: the legacy of US immigrants in Talpa 2008
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This marvelous drug, often called Nepenthe from one of its attributes, has naturally aroused much curiosity among the many-minded readers of
Homer's Odyssey A Commentary Denton Jaques Snider 1883
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Sir Joseph adds, in a postscript: 'It seems almost beyond a doubt, that the Nepenthe was a preparation of the Bang, known to the Ancients'
Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey Cottle, Joseph 1847
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Milton also alludes to a famous recipe for an invigorating draught, called Nepenthe, which the Egyptian queen gave to Helen:
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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Milton also alludes to a famous recipe for an invigorating draught, called Nepenthe, which the Egyptian queen gave to Helen:
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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It has often been called a Nepenthe, and we are under belief that some have even imagined that the tobacco leaf forms a principal ingredient in the wondrous and potent mixture which Helen prepares for her guests in the fourth
The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Various 1821
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Sir Joseph adds, in a postscript: 'It seems almost beyond a doubt, that the Nepenthe was a preparation of the Bang, known to the Ancients'
Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey Joseph Cottle 1811
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Sir Joseph adds, in a postscript: "It seems almost beyond a doubt, that the Nepenthe was a preparation of the Bang, known to the Ancients."
Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803
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She went on to open her own specialty cheesecake bakery in Monterey, California, which eventually blossomed into the Carmel Cafe, and then following a move to Big Sur, opened the famous Cafe Amphora at Nepenthe, right on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific.
Starre Vartan: Yummy Inspiration! Two New Whole Foods Cookbooks to Get You Cooking! 2010
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