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The King , who was much celebrated for his knowledge , had , before his arrival in England , not only examined in person a woman accused of witchcraft , but had given a very formal account of the practices and illusions of evil spirits ...
The King , who was much celebrated for his knowledge , had , before his arrival in England , not only examined in person a woman accused of witchcraft , but had given a very formal account of the practices and illusions of evil spirits ...
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or purpose ; 3. or take up any dead man , woman , or child , out of the grave , -or the skin , bone , or any part of the dead person , to be employed or used in any manner of witchcraft , sorcery , charm , or enchantment ; 4. or shall ...
or purpose ; 3. or take up any dead man , woman , or child , out of the grave , -or the skin , bone , or any part of the dead person , to be employed or used in any manner of witchcraft , sorcery , charm , or enchantment ; 4. or shall ...
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... hospitals , & c . anciently claimed the emoluments or kitchen fees of kidneys , fat , trotters , rumps , & c . which they sold to the poor . The weird sister in this scene , as an insult on the poverty of the woman ...
... hospitals , & c . anciently claimed the emoluments or kitchen fees of kidneys , fat , trotters , rumps , & c . which they sold to the poor . The weird sister in this scene , as an insult on the poverty of the woman ...
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i . e . scabby or mangy woman . Fr. rogneux , royne , scurf . Thus Chaucer , in The Romaunt of the Rose , p . 551 : 66 her necke " Withouten bleine , or scabbe , or roine . " Shakspeare uses the substantive again in The Merry Wives of ...
i . e . scabby or mangy woman . Fr. rogneux , royne , scurf . Thus Chaucer , in The Romaunt of the Rose , p . 551 : 66 her necke " Withouten bleine , or scabbe , or roine . " Shakspeare uses the substantive again in The Merry Wives of ...
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The reason given by some of the old writers , for such a deficiency , is , that though the hands and feet , by an easy change , might be converted into the four paws of a beast , there was still no part about a woman which corresponded ...
The reason given by some of the old writers , for such a deficiency , is , that though the hands and feet , by an easy change , might be converted into the four paws of a beast , there was still no part about a woman which corresponded ...
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