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Various ac- counts of the origin of this feast have been given . Ac- cording to one story , a certain female recluse of the name of Eve , a native of Liege , who had known Urban before his elevation to the Papal See , had a revelation ...
Various ac- counts of the origin of this feast have been given . Ac- cording to one story , a certain female recluse of the name of Eve , a native of Liege , who had known Urban before his elevation to the Papal See , had a revelation ...
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The bonfires were only one feature in the festivities of this season , though I have given them precedence because in their very nature they point out the pagan origin of the whole . A yet more striking part of the Midsummer pageant was ...
The bonfires were only one feature in the festivities of this season , though I have given them precedence because in their very nature they point out the pagan origin of the whole . A yet more striking part of the Midsummer pageant was ...
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506 ) to mean a fifer , and to be derived from whiffle , another name for a fife or a small flute , but he has given no authority whatever for this signification of the word whiffle . His dictum there- fore can hardly be received ...
506 ) to mean a fifer , and to be derived from whiffle , another name for a fife or a small flute , but he has given no authority whatever for this signification of the word whiffle . His dictum there- fore can hardly be received ...
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a tale by that stupid fanatic , Hannah More , who however has not given any ac- knowledgment of the source from which she borrowed it . It is quoted by Ellis in his edition of Brand , of course without the slightest suspicion of an ...
a tale by that stupid fanatic , Hannah More , who however has not given any ac- knowledgment of the source from which she borrowed it . It is quoted by Ellis in his edition of Brand , of course without the slightest suspicion of an ...
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... but simply the rotten roots of old mugwort , which are generally found under the fresh plant ; this he pronounces to be an antepileptic in doses of a dram given in water , the real sanative virtues of the plant having no doubt been ...
... but simply the rotten roots of old mugwort , which are generally found under the fresh plant ; this he pronounces to be an antepileptic in doses of a dram given in water , the real sanative virtues of the plant having no doubt been ...
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| Заглавие | New Curiosities of Literature & Book of the Months, Том 2 New Curiosities of Literature & Book of the Months, George Soane |
| Автор | George Soane |
| Издател | Churton, 1847 |
| Оригиналът е от | Лионската обществена библиотека |
| Цифровизирана на | 30 септ. 2010 |
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