Teutonic Mythology, Volume 3

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Pagina 889 - Ceterum nec cohibere parietibus deos, neque in ullam humani oris speciem assimulare, ex magnitudine coelestium arbitrantur : lucos ac nemora consecrant, deorumque nominibus appellant secretum illud, quod sola reverentia vident.
Pagina 1166 - ... afflicted with cruel anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use of the limb. Against this accident, to which they were continually liable, our provident forefathers always kept a shrew-ash at hand, which, when once medicated, would maintain its virtue for ever. A shrew-ash was made thus: — Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted shrew-mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no doubt, with several quaint incantations long since forgotten.
Pagina 1232 - vincula necto.' ducite ab urbe domum, mea carmina, ducite Daphnim. 80 limus ut hie durescit, et haec ut cera liquescit uno eodemque igni, sic nostro Daphnis amore.
Pagina 14 - BELL'S READING-BOOKS. FOR SCHOOLS AND PAROCHIAL LIBRARIES. The popularity which the ' Books for Young Readers ' have attained is a sufficient proof, that teachers and pupils alike approve of the use of interesting stories, with a simple plot in place of the dry combination of letters and syllables, making no impression on the mind, of which elementary readingbooks generally consist. The Publishers have therefore thought it advisable to extend the application of this principle to books adapted for...
Pagina 1110 - Virgam frugiferae arbori decisam in surculos amputant, eosque notis quibusdam discretes super candidam vestem temere ac fortuito spargunt. Mox, si publice consuletur, sacerdos civitatis, sin privatim, ipse pater familiae precatus deos coelumque suspiciens ter singulos tollit, sublatos secundum impressam ante notam interpretatur.
Pagina 10 - Sold separately. Commentary on the Epistles for the Sundays and other Holy Days of the Christian Year. By Rev.
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Pagina 1166 - Now a shrew-ash is an ash whose twigs or branches, when gently applied to the limbs of cattle, will immediately relieve the pains which a beast suffers from the running of a shrew-mouse over the part affected...

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