New Curiosities of Literature & Book of the Months, Том 2Churton, 1847 |
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... perhaps I should rather say they endeavoured to make of the custom a Christian type and symbol , in order to conceal its Pagan origin . For the existence of it we have authorities innumerable . To quote from one only ; Durandus has ...
... perhaps I should rather say they endeavoured to make of the custom a Christian type and symbol , in order to conceal its Pagan origin . For the existence of it we have authorities innumerable . To quote from one only ; Durandus has ...
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... perhaps accidental - allu- sion to the ancient myth . 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 ...
... perhaps accidental - allu- sion to the ancient myth . 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 ...
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... Perhaps after all , the truth lies upon the surface , and instead of seeking for the cause of it in any ancient tales or superstitions , we shall find that the custom originated simply in the circumstance of giants adding to the ...
... Perhaps after all , the truth lies upon the surface , and instead of seeking for the cause of it in any ancient tales or superstitions , we shall find that the custom originated simply in the circumstance of giants adding to the ...
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... the young ladies interrupted her , saying , housewife it was the devil , to which the maid replied , ' Madam , I do not believe that , but perhaps 6 it might be the spirit of a man ) and 26 NEW CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE .
... the young ladies interrupted her , saying , housewife it was the devil , to which the maid replied , ' Madam , I do not believe that , but perhaps 6 it might be the spirit of a man ) and 26 NEW CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE .
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... perhaps , set it down to a scholarly ambition ; if he be really wise , he will see that something more is intended than lies upon the surface , and that one great object is to stimu- late the credulous to think for themselves , instead ...
... perhaps , set it down to a scholarly ambition ; if he be really wise , he will see that something more is intended than lies upon the surface , and that one great object is to stimu- late the credulous to think for themselves , instead ...
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