New Curiosities of Literature: And Book of the Months, Том 2E. Churton, 1849 |
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... . Browne's Works , vol . iii . p . 53. London , 1772 . A note appended to this says , " the Midsummer fires are termed so in the west parts of England . ” to wrath . " In the marginal note to this THE MONTHS - JUNE . 13.
... . Browne's Works , vol . iii . p . 53. London , 1772 . A note appended to this says , " the Midsummer fires are termed so in the west parts of England . ” to wrath . " In the marginal note to this THE MONTHS - JUNE . 13.
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... of bone relating it to * A VIEW OF NORTHUMBERLAND . By W. Hutchinson . vol . ii.— appendix on Ancient Customs , p . 16 , 4to . Newcastle , 1778 . the burning of martyrs , first fashionable in England in 16 NEW CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE .
... of bone relating it to * A VIEW OF NORTHUMBERLAND . By W. Hutchinson . vol . ii.— appendix on Ancient Customs , p . 16 , 4to . Newcastle , 1778 . the burning of martyrs , first fashionable in England in 16 NEW CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE .
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... England in the reign of King Henry the Fourth . But others derive the word ( more truly in my mind ) from Boon , that is Good , and Fires ; whether good be taken for merry and chearfull , such fires being always made on welcome oc ...
... England in the reign of King Henry the Fourth . But others derive the word ( more truly in my mind ) from Boon , that is Good , and Fires ; whether good be taken for merry and chearfull , such fires being always made on welcome oc ...
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... England . But of this he offers no proof whatever , and an assertion of such a kind is hardly to be taken without some sort of proof , either negative or affirmative . I can find no traces of it . The thing that comes nearest to it is ...
... England . But of this he offers no proof whatever , and an assertion of such a kind is hardly to be taken without some sort of proof , either negative or affirmative . I can find no traces of it . The thing that comes nearest to it is ...
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... England more than in Germany , there was little want of Rosicru- cians , that being quite another thing , as we have shown already . The leaders of the sect , Dr. Flood , John Pord- age , and the two Nortons , all of whom are duly ...
... England more than in Germany , there was little want of Rosicru- cians , that being quite another thing , as we have shown already . The leaders of the sect , Dr. Flood , John Pord- age , and the two Nortons , all of whom are duly ...
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Страница 14 - These were called bonfires as well of good amity amongst neighbours that, being before at controversy, were there by the labour of others reconciled, and made of bitter enemies, loving friends, as also for the virtue that a great fire hath to purge the infection of the air.