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... true time , I am resolved to regard to - morrow , and every seventh day in succession , as the Date unknown . Month probably June . * 1884 . Sabbath . The very natives , I have observed . 6 THE END OF PHEACIA . Narrative of Mr Gowles II.
... true time , I am resolved to regard to - morrow , and every seventh day in succession , as the Date unknown . Month probably June . * 1884 . Sabbath . The very natives , I have observed . 6 THE END OF PHEACIA . Narrative of Mr Gowles II.
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And Other Stories Andrew Lang. Sabbath . The very natives , I have observed . with great interest , keep one day at fixed intervals sacred to the Sun - god , whom they call Apollon , perhaps the same word as Apollyon . On this day they ...
And Other Stories Andrew Lang. Sabbath . The very natives , I have observed . with great interest , keep one day at fixed intervals sacred to the Sun - god , whom they call Apollon , perhaps the same word as Apollyon . On this day they ...
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... observations give a more minute impression of what I saw than , for the moment , I had time to take in . The fore- most part of the procession consisted of boys , many of them almost naked . Their hands . were full of branches ...
... observations give a more minute impression of what I saw than , for the moment , I had time to take in . The fore- most part of the procession consisted of boys , many of them almost naked . Their hands . were full of branches ...
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... observed . He hurried to the altar , caught up a handful of the bleeding feathers , and , with sickle in hand , was rushing towards me , when he tripped over the head of a bullock that had lately been sacrificed , and fell flat on his ...
... observed . He hurried to the altar , caught up a handful of the bleeding feathers , and , with sickle in hand , was rushing towards me , when he tripped over the head of a bullock that had lately been sacrificed , and fell flat on his ...
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... observe even their most secret rites , enjoying opportunities such as will never fall to another European , I was never , but once , entirely alone . My worshippers , as they might almost be called , so humble was their demeanour ...
... observe even their most secret rites , enjoying opportunities such as will never fall to another European , I was never , but once , entirely alone . My worshippers , as they might almost be called , so humble was their demeanour ...
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Pagina 12 - HAECKEL (Prof. Ernst}— THE HISTORY OF CREATION. Translation revised by Professor E. RAY LANKESTER, MA, FRS With Coloured Plates and Genealogical Trees of the various groups of both plants and animals. 2 vols. Second Edition. Post 8vo. cloth, price 32*.
Pagina 279 - But, howsoever thou pursu'st this act, Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge To prick and sting her. Fare thee well at once. The glow-worm shows the matin to be near, And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire; Adieu, adieu, adieu, remember me.
Pagina 23 - Numbers. By the Rev. R. WINTERBOTHAM, LL.B. With Homilies by the Rev. Professor W. BINNIE, DD, Rev. ES PROUT, MA, Rev. D. YOUNG, Rev. J. WAITE, and an Introduction by the Rev. THOMAS WHITELAW, MA Fourth Edition. 15*. Deuteronomy. By the Rev. WL ALEXANDER, DD With Homilies by Rev.
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Pagina 18 - Woman. Dedicated, by permission, to Lady Agnes Wood. Revised by the Venerable Archdeacon DENISON. 32mo, limp cloth, is. 6d. MILLER, Edward. — The History and Doctrines of Irvingism ; or, The so-called Catholic and Apostolic Church. 2 vols. Large post 8vo, 25^.
Pagina 32 - By MC Cooke, MD, LL.D. Edited by the Rev. MJ Berkeley, MA, FLS With numerous Illustrations.
Pagina 33 - XVIII. The Nature of Light: With a General Account of Physical Optics.
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Pagina 44 - Mrs. GS— Waking and Working; or, From Girlhood to Womanhood. New and Cheaper Edition. With a Frontispiece. Crown Svo, 3*.
Pagina 19 - NEWMAN, JH, DD— Characteristics from the Writings of. Being Selections from his various Works. Arranged with the Author's personal Approval.