The History of Magic, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1854 - Magic |
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... heard . But is the myth equally a poem ; and is it , therefore , equally empty and fictitious ? To such a conclusion one might easily be led if we received the mythology merely from Homer and the historic times . But the ground and ...
... heard . But is the myth equally a poem ; and is it , therefore , equally empty and fictitious ? To such a conclusion one might easily be led if we received the mythology merely from Homer and the historic times . But the ground and ...
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... heard a terrific howl quite across the straits of Mull into Morven . " Allan was wholly exhausted on the fourth day , from the horrible apparitions , and could only utter the word " Prosperity . " But Lachlain , though the younger , was ...
... heard a terrific howl quite across the straits of Mull into Morven . " Allan was wholly exhausted on the fourth day , from the horrible apparitions , and could only utter the word " Prosperity . " But Lachlain , though the younger , was ...
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... heard the trumpets of the angels . " That which had a good lesson for future times , " says Horst , " ' was , that authors then began to write in such a style that the devil had no further occasion to chastise them for their elegant ...
... heard the trumpets of the angels . " That which had a good lesson for future times , " says Horst , " ' was , that authors then began to write in such a style that the devil had no further occasion to chastise them for their elegant ...
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... heard of this ; the godless mother was arrested and burnt , but the maiden was saved . The fourteenth chapter explains how the witches bewitch the cows . According to Sprenger , the witch - milking pro ceeds thus : The witch sticks a ...
... heard of this ; the godless mother was arrested and burnt , but the maiden was saved . The fourteenth chapter explains how the witches bewitch the cows . According to Sprenger , the witch - milking pro ceeds thus : The witch sticks a ...
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... , and at the same time spared the enemy , fell before injustice and superstition , yielded up her beautiful young life amid the flames . When thirteen years -- of age , she heard in her father's garden a 174 HISTORY OF MAGIC .
... , and at the same time spared the enemy , fell before injustice and superstition , yielded up her beautiful young life amid the flames . When thirteen years -- of age , she heard in her father's garden a 174 HISTORY OF MAGIC .
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