New Curiosities of Literature & Book of the Months, Том 2 |
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... and I am in some degree supported by Bede's remarks on this month , in conjecturing that Lida implies the sun's passing its greatest height , and that LIDA ERRA consequently means the first month of the sun's descent .
... and I am in some degree supported by Bede's remarks on this month , in conjecturing that Lida implies the sun's passing its greatest height , and that LIDA ERRA consequently means the first month of the sun's descent .
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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 it we have ...
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 it we have ...
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I do not , however mean to dispute , that when the original signi- fication of these bonfires had been forgotten , the custom was retained merely by way of a joyful festival . The proofs of this are abundant in our own country .
I do not , however mean to dispute , that when the original signi- fication of these bonfires had been forgotten , the custom was retained merely by way of a joyful festival . The proofs of this are abundant in our own country .
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506 ) to mean a fifer , and to be derived from whiffle , another name for a fife or a small flute , but he has given no authority whatever for this signification of the word whiffle . His dictum there- fore can hardly be received ...
506 ) to mean a fifer , and to be derived from whiffle , another name for a fife or a small flute , but he has given no authority whatever for this signification of the word whiffle . His dictum there- fore can hardly be received ...
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Whiffle again is derived us , a sudden puff of wind , from whiff , which means , as Junius tells ( flatus subitus et vehemens ) but he seems not to be quite satisfied with his own explanation , for he refers us to Otfred's poem ...
Whiffle again is derived us , a sudden puff of wind , from whiff , which means , as Junius tells ( flatus subitus et vehemens ) but he seems not to be quite satisfied with his own explanation , for he refers us to Otfred's poem ...
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