Canadian Jewellers Association · Toronto : Maclean-Hunter Pub. Co · leaf 1244
wars have been waged, na-tions devastated, thrones and dynasties overturned, menslaughtered by tens of thousands. For gems men have plot-ted, intrigued, robbed, murdered, committed every crueltyand treachery, stained their souls with every crime. The fame of the Great Mogul lured Nadir Shah to… … The Orlof, stolen from the eye of a temple idol and soldoverseas, was presented to Catherine of Russia by herprincely paramour to patch a lovers quarrel. Swallowed by a faithful serving man to save it fromrobbers who slew him, the Sancy was sliced from his stom-ach to adorn the royal person of…
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