Credulities Past and Present: Including the Sea and Seamen, Miners, Amulets and Talismans, Rings, Word and Letter Divination, Numbers, Trials, Exorcising and Blessing of Animals, Birds, Eggs, and LuckChatto and Windus, 1880 - 560 Seiten |
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afterwards alludes amulets ancient animals appears beast believed bird Bishop blessed blood Bluecap body BRET HARTE called carried charm church cloth extra cock colour considered crow Crown 8vo cuckoo curious custom DAYES death Demy 8vo divine earth Easter Edition eggs evil father favourable fire fish fishermen fortune Friday gilt gold Greek hand hath head heard heaven holy ill-luck Illustrations JAMES PAYN JAMES RICE killed King Koshchei lady legend letters Lord luck lucky magpie marriage mentions miners moon never night observes omen OUIDA person prayers priest raven Reginald Scot relates remarks ring round Sadko sailors saint says Scotland seen serpent seven ship sneeze spirit stone storm story superstition supposed talisman tells thee thou tion told took unlucky vessel Vols voyage Walker Art Gallery WILKIE COLLINS WILLIAM HURRELL MALLOCK wind woman words
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Seite 15 - Syntax's (Dr.) Three Tours, In Search of the Picturesque, in Search of Consolation, and in Search of a Wife.
Seite 270 - Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast : for it is the number of a man ; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Seite 1 - Conflicts of Capital and Labour Historically and Economically considered. Being a History and Review of the Trade Unions of Great Britain, showing their Origin, Progress, Constitution, and Objects, in their Political, Social, Economical, and Industrial Aspects. By GEORGE HOWELL.
Seite 394 - And then it started, like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons. I have heard The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn, Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat Awake the god of day; and at his warning. Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air, The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine; and of the truth herein This present object made probation.
Seite 15 - Strutt's Sports and Pastimes of the People of England; including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants, and Pompous Spectacles, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time.
Seite 394 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Seite 95 - On a buoy in the storm it floated and swung, And over the waves its warning rung. When the Rock was hid by the surge's swell, The mariners heard the warning Bell ; And then they knew the perilous Rock, And blest the Abbot of Aberbrothok.
Seite 15 - Suburban Homes (The) of London : A Residential Guide to Favourite London Localities, their Society, Celebrities, and Associations. With Notes on their Rental, Rates, and House Accommodation. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations. 7s. 6d. Swift's Choice Works, In Prose and Verse. With Memoir, Portrait, and Facsimiles of the Maps in the Original Edition of
Seite 9 - Our Place among Infinities: A Series of Essays contrasting our Little Abode in Space and Time with the Infinities Around us. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 6s. The Expanse of Heaven : A Series of Essays on the Wonders of the Firmament.
Seite 1 - Hook's (Theodore) Choice Humorous Works, including his Ludicrous Adventures, Bons-mots, Puns, and Hoaxes; With a new Life of the Author, Portraits, Facsimiles, and Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, js.