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Literature | Devil looking Over Lincoln (The). Sir W. Scott in his Kenilworth has, "Like the Devil looking over Lincoln." A correspondent of Notes and Queries, September 10th, 1892, says - "The famous devil that used to overlook Lincoln College, in Oxford, was taken down (Wednesday, September 15th, 1731), having about two years since [previously] lost his head in a storm." - Gentleman's Magazine, 1831, p. 402. We have other similar phrases, as "The devil looking over Durham." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 45 56 49 4C 4C 4F 4F 4B 49 4E 47 4F 56 45 52 4C 49 4E 43 4F 4C 4E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000101 01010110 01001001 01001100 00100000 01001100 01001111 01001111 01001011 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01001111 01010110 01000101 01010010 00100000 01001100 01001001 01001110 01000011 01001111 01001100 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D E V I L   L O O K I N G   O V E R   L I N C O L N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0045 0056 0049 004C 004C 004F 004F 004B 0049 004E 0047 004F 0056 0045 0052 004C 0049 004E 0043 004F 004C 004E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3839564346246494945434841249563952246434837494648 |
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