The flowers of literature, or, Encyclopædia of anecdote, a coll. by W. Oxberry, Volumen1William Oxberry 1822 |
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William Oxberry. POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS . The feathers of a dove are supposed to possess a very par ticular power of resisting death ; a person laying his head upon a pillow , stuffed with them , cannot die , but continues struggling with ...
William Oxberry. POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS . The feathers of a dove are supposed to possess a very par ticular power of resisting death ; a person laying his head upon a pillow , stuffed with them , cannot die , but continues struggling with ...
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... supposed in love with her.- " From whence came you , Mr. Smack , and what news do you bring ? " The spirit answered , that " he came from fighting . " - " From fighting , " said she , with whom I pray you ? " The spirit answered ...
... supposed in love with her.- " From whence came you , Mr. Smack , and what news do you bring ? " The spirit answered , that " he came from fighting . " - " From fighting , " said she , with whom I pray you ? " The spirit answered ...
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... supposed to be bewitched by her , as a hog or ox ; these , it was held , would force a witch to confess . The trial by the stool , was another method used for the dis- covery of witches ; it was thus managed ; having taken the suspected ...
... supposed to be bewitched by her , as a hog or ox ; these , it was held , would force a witch to confess . The trial by the stool , was another method used for the dis- covery of witches ; it was thus managed ; having taken the suspected ...
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... supposed witch , it is adviseable to take the wall of her in a town or street , and the right hand of her in a lane or field ; and , whilst passing her , to clench both hands , doubling the thumbs beneath the fingers ; this will prevent ...
... supposed witch , it is adviseable to take the wall of her in a town or street , and the right hand of her in a lane or field ; and , whilst passing her , to clench both hands , doubling the thumbs beneath the fingers ; this will prevent ...
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... supposed to be the spirit of a person deceased ; who is ei- ther commissioned to return for some especial errand , such as the discovery of a murder , to procure restitution of lands or money unjustly withheld from an orphan or widow ...
... supposed to be the spirit of a person deceased ; who is ei- ther commissioned to return for some especial errand , such as the discovery of a murder , to procure restitution of lands or money unjustly withheld from an orphan or widow ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Achilles Tatius admiration ÆSCHYLUS Anacreon ancient appears Aratus Aristophanes beauty bells better Billy Billy Taylor brother called captain Carthage Carthaginians Catullus character charm Charmides court Dæmon daughter death delight Devil dress Duke Earl eyes father Faustus favour fool fortune French gave gentleman Ghosts give hand head heart honour horses husband Iago Isalda Julius Cæsar Julius Scaliger Kean king lady learned Leucippe lived London look Lord lover married master means Menelaus ment Michael Cassio mind mistress Morholt morning mother murder nature never night observed passion person play poet poor Punic language queen Quintilian racter replied Resumed scene seems sent shew Sir Caynis Sir Tristan soul spirit street tells theatre thee thing thou thought tion told took tragedy Whig wife witch woman words young
Pasajes populares
Página 111 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Página 43 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Página 287 - Of hair-breadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach, Of being taken by the insolent foe And sold to slavery, of my redemption thence, And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process: And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Página 101 - Love had he found in huts where poor Men lie : His daily Teachers had been Woods and Rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Página 168 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Página 47 - Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes, And being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again.
Página 58 - And it shall be upon Aaron to minister : and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
Página 78 - The person who told me her story had seen her at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of fargone wretchedness more striking and painful than to meet it in such a scene. To find it wandering like a spectre, lonely and joyless, where all around is gay — to see it dressed out in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and woebegone, as if it had tried in vain to cheat the poor heart into a momentary forgetfulness of sorrow.
Página 77 - ... lamented the stern policy that dictated his execution. But there was one heart, whose anguish it would be impossible to describe. In happier days and fairer fortunes, he had won the affections of a beautiful and interesting girl, the daughter of a late celebrated Irish barrister. She loved him with the disinterested fervour of a woman's first and early love.
Página 286 - Zounds, sir, you are robb'd ; for shame, put on your gown ; Your heart is burst, you have lost half your soul ; Even now, very now, an old black ram Is tupping your white ewe.