New Curiosities of Literature & Book of the Months, Том 2 |
Между кориците на книгата
Резултати 1 - 5 от 99.
Страница 2
... month Tarquinius being driven froin the city , he in pur- suance of his vow dedicated a temple upon Mount Cælius to Carna , the Goddess of the Hinge ( Cardinis ) who , according to Ovid , by her power opens or shuts all things .
... month Tarquinius being driven froin the city , he in pur- suance of his vow dedicated a temple upon Mount Cælius to Carna , the Goddess of the Hinge ( Cardinis ) who , according to Ovid , by her power opens or shuts all things .
Страница 5
But it is more in the general , than in the individual appearance of things that this month is striking . The eglantine and woodbine have superseded the blossom of the hawthorn ; the full concert of the birds is on the de- cline ...
But it is more in the general , than in the individual appearance of things that this month is striking . The eglantine and woodbine have superseded the blossom of the hawthorn ; the full concert of the birds is on the de- cline ...
Страница 7
But , whenever or however this day came to be honoured as a festival , one thing at least is certain , -in the time of Roman Catholic pre- dominance it used to be celebrated with flowers , and lights , and music , and with the ...
But , whenever or however this day came to be honoured as a festival , one thing at least is certain , -in the time of Roman Catholic pre- dominance it used to be celebrated with flowers , and lights , and music , and with the ...
Страница 8
... as- sign any thing like a rational derivation to the word mid . In old English , as in the German mit , from which it may have been derived , mid signified with , and adopting Horne Tooke's mode of viewing the prepositions , it had ...
... as- sign any thing like a rational derivation to the word mid . In old English , as in the German mit , from which it may have been derived , mid signified with , and adopting Horne Tooke's mode of viewing the prepositions , it had ...
Страница 11
The dragons of Hercules were but types of the solstices , and the dragons of popery , borrowed from the same fable , are but emblems of the same thing . The fires of course were intended , as Gebelin well observes , to express the joy ...
The dragons of Hercules were but types of the solstices , and the dragons of popery , borrowed from the same fable , are but emblems of the same thing . The fires of course were intended , as Gebelin well observes , to express the joy ...
Какво казват хората - Напишете рецензия
Не намерихме рецензии на обичайните места.
Други издания - Преглед на всички
Често срещани думи и фрази
according amongst ancient appears arms authority begin believe Bishop blow body called cause ceremonies Christ Christian Christmas church common continued court cross custom death derived doubt early Emperor England existed fact fair feast festival fire flowers folio Freemasons give given hand head held hence History holy honour Italy John kind King learned least leaves less letters light London Lord manner matter means mentioned month nature night observed origin particularly passed perhaps period person present probably quoted received remains Roman rose Rosicrucians round Saint season secret seems seen side signifies sometimes sort stone supposed taken tells thing took town usual whole wind writers young