New Curiosities of Literature & Book of the Months, Том 1Churton, 1847 |
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... doubt , I appre- hend , can exist as to the propriety of minute and correct references to the authorities on which any his- torical work has been based , and history must mingle more or less with all antiquarian discussions . The reader ...
... doubt , I appre- hend , can exist as to the propriety of minute and correct references to the authorities on which any his- torical work has been based , and history must mingle more or less with all antiquarian discussions . The reader ...
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... doubt Ovid has re- turned an ingenious , though perhaps not a very satis- factory answer , through the mouth of his God , Janus : - " The Winter Solstice is the first of the new sun , and the ast of the old ; the year and the sun have ...
... doubt Ovid has re- turned an ingenious , though perhaps not a very satis- factory answer , through the mouth of his God , Janus : - " The Winter Solstice is the first of the new sun , and the ast of the old ; the year and the sun have ...
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... doubt of this truth , as the poor patriarch was punished for his ingenuity by being dashed against a wall by his horse which produced hæmorrhage , and in the course of two years occasioned his death . It is amusing to see how craftily ...
... doubt of this truth , as the poor patriarch was punished for his ingenuity by being dashed against a wall by his horse which produced hæmorrhage , and in the course of two years occasioned his death . It is amusing to see how craftily ...
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... doubt that this is the real origin of the custom , though Butler , upon the authority of St. Ber- nard , states , that the candlebearing at this season had re- ference to Simeon's declaration in the Temple , when the parents brought in ...
... doubt that this is the real origin of the custom , though Butler , upon the authority of St. Ber- nard , states , that the candlebearing at this season had re- ference to Simeon's declaration in the Temple , when the parents brought in ...
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... doubt this pretty fable as to the actual origin of the custom , it is yet a sufficient testimony that it did at one time exist . But the peculiar feature of Shrove Tuesday was the * Æliani Var . Hist . Lib . 11 - Cap . xxviii . frying ...
... doubt this pretty fable as to the actual origin of the custom , it is yet a sufficient testimony that it did at one time exist . But the peculiar feature of Shrove Tuesday was the * Æliani Var . Hist . Lib . 11 - Cap . xxviii . frying ...
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