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With them indeed these bonfires had an especial mean- ing , or 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 To quote from ...
With them indeed these bonfires had an especial mean- ing , or 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 To quote from ...
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I have quoted this learned trash merely because a por- tion of it has a shadowy - and 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 ...
I have quoted this learned trash merely because a por- tion of it has a shadowy - and 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 ...
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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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... ( here one of 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 .
... ( here one of 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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If he be sour and bigotted , he will attribute this attempt to vanity ; if of a better nature , he may 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 ...
If he be sour and bigotted , he will attribute this attempt to vanity ; if of a better nature , he may 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 ...
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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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