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... this month Tarquinius being driven from the city , he in pursuance 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 .
... this month Tarquinius being driven from the city , he in pursuance 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 .
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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 The eglantine and woodbine have superseded the blossom of the hawthorn ; the full concert of the birds is on the decline , and in ...
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 The eglantine and woodbine have superseded the blossom of the hawthorn ; the full concert of the birds is on the decline , and in ...
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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 predominance it used to be celebrated with flowers , and lights , and music , and with the theatrical ...
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 predominance it used to be celebrated with flowers , and lights , and music , and with the theatrical ...
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Properly speaking , Midsummer Day denotes the time of the summer solstice , and is not , as many from its name have supposed , connected at all with the idea of middle , though it seems hardly possible to assign any thing like ...
Properly speaking , Midsummer Day denotes the time of the summer solstice , and is not , as many from its name have supposed , connected at all with the idea of middle , though it seems hardly possible to assign any thing like ...
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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 ...
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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 | Харвардският университет |
| Цифровизирана на | 2 септ. 2008 |
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