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The notion of lighting fires to keep off the dragons bears , or seems to bear , a striking analogy to the old solstitial creed , as typified by Hercules slaying the dragons . This matter has been well ex- plained by Gebelin .
The notion of lighting fires to keep off the dragons bears , or seems to bear , a striking analogy to the old solstitial creed , as typified by Hercules slaying the dragons . This matter has been well ex- plained by Gebelin .
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The Church , too , had its own version of the matter , and one not a jot more rational than the popular belief , the wheels according to the priests signi- fying that the fame of St. John , who had been falsely * Mixt Contemplations of ...
The Church , too , had its own version of the matter , and one not a jot more rational than the popular belief , the wheels according to the priests signi- fying that the fame of St. John , who had been falsely * Mixt Contemplations of ...
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Not the least singular of these was the drawing of lots , which we find mentioned with much other curious matter in the scholiasts on the sixth Trullan council- " The demoniacal mystery of fires and drawing lots prevailed till the time ...
Not the least singular of these was the drawing of lots , which we find mentioned with much other curious matter in the scholiasts on the sixth Trullan council- " The demoniacal mystery of fires and drawing lots prevailed till the time ...
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It is not very easy to decide whether by ORPINE here is intended the Lesser Houselesk or the Stone - crop ; and what renders the matter yet more confused and doubtful is that neither of these plants flowers till late in July , whereas ...
It is not very easy to decide whether by ORPINE here is intended the Lesser Houselesk or the Stone - crop ; and what renders the matter yet more confused and doubtful is that neither of these plants flowers till late in July , whereas ...
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I could not presently learn what the matter was ; at last a young man told me that they were looking for a coal under the root of a plantain to put under their heads that night , and they should dream who would be their husbands .
I could not presently learn what the matter was ; at last a young man told me that they were looking for a coal under the root of a plantain to put under their heads that night , and they should dream who would be their husbands .
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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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