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... word has remained in Italian only in this figurative sense , for a screech - owl i now civetta.i Simon Magus , and De Simonis Volatu , & c . , Naples , 1755 . Moses Barcephas , quoted by Moroni , lxvi . 160. That he had a great ...
... word has remained in Italian only in this figurative sense , for a screech - owl i now civetta.i Simon Magus , and De Simonis Volatu , & c . , Naples , 1755 . Moses Barcephas , quoted by Moroni , lxvi . 160. That he had a great ...
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... word caro- lare , to dance in a circle , the witches ' dance , may come from the dance invented in her honour by Castor and Pollux at Carya . That this was a cir- cular dance Tartarotti decides on the strength of a passage from the ...
... word caro- lare , to dance in a circle , the witches ' dance , may come from the dance invented in her honour by Castor and Pollux at Carya . That this was a cir- cular dance Tartarotti decides on the strength of a passage from the ...
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... word about this phrase . I cannot find in any the glossaries , or among my notes , any such ord as parket , but it ... word in any Spanish dictionary at all like this . There is an Italian word fumati , signifying " any kind of smoked ...
... word about this phrase . I cannot find in any the glossaries , or among my notes , any such ord as parket , but it ... word in any Spanish dictionary at all like this . There is an Italian word fumati , signifying " any kind of smoked ...
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... word . F. A. MARSHALL . BEST MAN . - What is the exact meaning of this phrase as applied to the groomsman who attends the bridegroom at a wedding ? I cannot find it in any dictionary . Is it a corruption of some com- pound word , or ...
... word . F. A. MARSHALL . BEST MAN . - What is the exact meaning of this phrase as applied to the groomsman who attends the bridegroom at a wedding ? I cannot find it in any dictionary . Is it a corruption of some com- pound word , or ...
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... word ord is borrowed from Latin rostrum , which includes among its meanings that of hammer , or something like it , it being a rule with Celtic words borrowed from Latin words beginning with r either to omit it or to lead up to it with ...
... word ord is borrowed from Latin rostrum , which includes among its meanings that of hammer , or something like it , it being a rule with Celtic words borrowed from Latin words beginning with r either to omit it or to lead up to it with ...
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Sivu 113 - Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience...
Sivu 58 - He is made one with Nature: there is heard His voice in all her music, from the moan Of thunder, to the song of night's sweet bird; He is a presence to be felt and known In darkness and in light, from herb and stone, Spreading itself where'er that Power may move Which has withdrawn his being to its own; Which wields the world with never-wearied love, Sustains it from beneath, and kindles it above.
Sivu 284 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Sivu 208 - Thus the devil played at chess with me, and yielding a pawn, thought to gain a queen of me, taking advantage of my honest endeavours; and whilst I laboured to raise the structure of my reason, he strived to undermine the edifice of my faith.
Sivu 157 - We take this to be, on the whole, the worst similitude in the world. In the first place, no stream meanders, or can possibly meander, level with its fount. In the next place, if streams did meander level with their founts, no two motions can be less like each other...
Sivu 284 - O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down. And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Sivu 120 - Thy spirit, Independence ! let me share, Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye ! Thy steps I follow 'with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.
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Sivu 194 - And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God, and having favour with all the people.
Sivu 314 - One song employs all nations; and all cry, ' Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us!' The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.