The Quarterly Review, Volume 264, Issue 523John Murray, 1935 |
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Page 34
... never allowed to burn out . It was deliberately quenched , and then set aside to be religiously preserved throughout the year , as a charm against lightning , the Fiend , ' witch- craft , and ill luck . It used further to be believed ...
... never allowed to burn out . It was deliberately quenched , and then set aside to be religiously preserved throughout the year , as a charm against lightning , the Fiend , ' witch- craft , and ill luck . It used further to be believed ...
Page 38
... never had the trick of catching mice , and with a mouse or so now and again you can at least keep soul and body together . ' ' Not so much as you think , my old friend ! The mice have grown weary of coming here ; I haven't set eyes on ...
... never had the trick of catching mice , and with a mouse or so now and again you can at least keep soul and body together . ' ' Not so much as you think , my old friend ! The mice have grown weary of coming here ; I haven't set eyes on ...
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... never been known to utter . Thus , he would like to persuade the stranger that a tramway is τρoxιódρoμos when no Greek in his senses calls it anything but rò rρáμ ; that umbrella is ἀλεξίβροχον when it is really ὀμπρέλα ; that he speaks ...
... never been known to utter . Thus , he would like to persuade the stranger that a tramway is τρoxιódρoμos when no Greek in his senses calls it anything but rò rρáμ ; that umbrella is ἀλεξίβροχον when it is really ὀμπρέλα ; that he speaks ...
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