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... notions , which , however , in course of time developed and assumed a very different character . It is curious how many of these superstitions arose from isolated and trivial occurrences , the result of coincidence or chance , but which ...
... notions , which , however , in course of time developed and assumed a very different character . It is curious how many of these superstitions arose from isolated and trivial occurrences , the result of coincidence or chance , but which ...
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... notion prevails among the Norfolk farmers , that to bring into the house a bunch of the grass called " maiden - hair , " or , as it is termed , " dudder grass , " is most sure to bring with it ill - luck . In Dorsetshire * it is a ...
... notion prevails among the Norfolk farmers , that to bring into the house a bunch of the grass called " maiden - hair , " or , as it is termed , " dudder grass , " is most sure to bring with it ill - luck . In Dorsetshire * it is a ...
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... notion that in Leap Year broad beans grow the wrong way — that is , the seed is set in the pods in quite the contrary way to what it is in other years . The reason of this is , " because it is the ladies ' year ; they ( the beans ) ...
... notion that in Leap Year broad beans grow the wrong way — that is , the seed is set in the pods in quite the contrary way to what it is in other years . The reason of this is , " because it is the ladies ' year ; they ( the beans ) ...
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... notion that this act would cure them of the complaint from which they might be suffering . The stone went by the name of the Creeping Stone . Plants are , moreover , said to be good barometers ; and many a country peasant places far ...
... notion that this act would cure them of the complaint from which they might be suffering . The stone went by the name of the Creeping Stone . Plants are , moreover , said to be good barometers ; and many a country peasant places far ...
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... notion , whether true or not , received confirmation a few days ago , when the electric fluid struck a thornbush in which an elder had grown up , and become intermixed ; but which escaped perfectly unscathed , though the thorn was ...
... notion , whether true or not , received confirmation a few days ago , when the electric fluid struck a thornbush in which an elder had grown up , and become intermixed ; but which escaped perfectly unscathed , though the thorn was ...
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Página 184 - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in seaweed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.
Página 139 - Assaying by his devilish art to reach The organs of her fancy, and with them forge Illusions as he list, phantasms, and dreams ; Or if, inspiring venom, he might taint...
Página 231 - The knight seeing his habitation reduced to so small a compass, and himself in a manner shut out of his own house, upon the death of his mother ordered all the apartments to be flung open, and exorcised by his chaplain, who lay in every room one after another, and by that means dissipated the fears which had so long reigned in the family.
Página 71 - The nightingale, as soon as April bringeth Unto her rested sense a perfect waking, While late bare earth, proud of new clothing, springeth, Sings out her woes, a thorn her song-book making, And mournfully bewailing, Her throat in tunes expresseth What grief her breast oppresseth For Tereus' force on her chaste will prevailing.
Página 26 - BONAPARTE. NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION, completed by the insertion of above One Hundred Birds omitted in the original Work, and Illustrated by valuable Notes, and Life of the Author, by Sir WILLIAM JARDINE.
Página 125 - A SWARM of bees in May Is worth a load of hay; A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon; A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a fly.
Página 182 - This knot I knit, To know the thing I know not yet, That I may see The man that shall my husband be : How he goes, and what he wears, And what he does all days and years.
Página 26 - WYNTER, ANDREW, MD, MRCP SUBTLE BRAINS AND LISSOM FINGERS : Being some of the Chisel Marks of our Industrial and Scientific Progress. Third Edition, revised and corrected by ANDREW STEINMETZ. Fcap. 8vo, cloth, 3*. 6d. CURIOSITIES OF CIVILIZATION. Being Essays reprinted from the Quarterly and Edinburgh Reviews.
Página 184 - They told her how, upon St. Agnes' Eve, Young virgins might have visions of delight, And soft adorings from their loves receive Upon the...
Página 183 - As, supperless to bed they must retire, And couch supine their beauties, lily white ; Nor look behind, nor sideways, but require Of Heaven with upward eyes for all that they desire.