The Quarterly Review, Volume 264, Issue 523John Murray, 1935 |
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Page 40
... Holly , on the other hand , brings luck to men . Holly , taken by the adapters of the early church to symbolise the Crown of Thorns , became inevitably a charm against witchcraft , and Devonshire village girls were said , until quite ...
... Holly , on the other hand , brings luck to men . Holly , taken by the adapters of the early church to symbolise the Crown of Thorns , became inevitably a charm against witchcraft , and Devonshire village girls were said , until quite ...
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... holly , so doth the ivy , Though winter blastés blow never so high ! Green groweth the holly ! ' < Though we are accustomed to associate mistletoe ex- clusively with the Druids , yet readers of Virgil know that the golden bough which ...
... holly , so doth the ivy , Though winter blastés blow never so high ! Green groweth the holly ! ' < Though we are accustomed to associate mistletoe ex- clusively with the Druids , yet readers of Virgil know that the golden bough which ...
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... holly and ivy was an act his very horse was ashamed of . ' Had the ' holy maire , ' as this gentleman calls him , lived beyond this mortal span , indulged with such longevity as fell to the lot of the Wandering Jew , he might have ...
... holly and ivy was an act his very horse was ashamed of . ' Had the ' holy maire , ' as this gentleman calls him , lived beyond this mortal span , indulged with such longevity as fell to the lot of the Wandering Jew , he might have ...
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