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Corpus Christi ( Body of Christ ) is a festival held on the Thursday next after Trinity Sunday , and was insti- tuted in the year 1264 by Pope Urban IV . Various ac- counts of the origin of this feast have been given .
Corpus Christi ( Body of Christ ) is a festival held on the Thursday next after Trinity Sunday , and was insti- tuted in the year 1264 by Pope Urban IV . Various ac- counts of the origin of this feast have been given .
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Still less can I agree with Moresin , * that this custom is a relic of the ordeal , according to which he who passed safely through the flames was held to be innocent ; for the bon- fires are a much more ancient observance than the ...
Still less can I agree with Moresin , * that this custom is a relic of the ordeal , according to which he who passed safely through the flames was held to be innocent ; for the bon- fires are a much more ancient observance than the ...
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These resemblances were superstitiously held to afford an indication of the use and virtues of the plant or mineral . To give a few instances only- 66 ' Why did you think that you had Gyge's ring Or the herb that gives invisibility ?
These resemblances were superstitiously held to afford an indication of the use and virtues of the plant or mineral . To give a few instances only- 66 ' Why did you think that you had Gyge's ring Or the herb that gives invisibility ?
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... variously called , held that the dew which fell from the excess of light , was wisdom , the hermaphroditic deity . The cross too may be traced to the caduceus of Hermes , and might have been used as the alchemical sign for Mercury .
... variously called , held that the dew which fell from the excess of light , was wisdom , the hermaphroditic deity . The cross too may be traced to the caduceus of Hermes , and might have been used as the alchemical sign for Mercury .
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They had now their Societies of Wisdom , which they held openly twice a week , and in process of time erected a large building , which they called the House of Wisdom , * furnished with books , mathe- matical instruments , professors ...
They had now their Societies of Wisdom , which they held openly twice a week , and in process of time erected a large building , which they called the House of Wisdom , * furnished with books , mathe- matical instruments , professors ...
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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 | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Цифровизирана на | 27 септ. 2012 |
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