The Every-day Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in Past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Months, & Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanack; Including Accounts of the Weather, Rules for Health and Conduct, Remarkable and Important Anecdotes, Facts, and Notices, in Chronology, Antiquities, Topography, Biography, Natural History, Art, Science, and General Literature; Derived from the Most Authentic Sources, and Valuable Original Communications, with Poetical Elucidations, for Daily Use and Diversion, Volume 2Gale Research Company, 1967 |
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Pagina 551
... appearance of the " Bar- guest , " and , with his auxiliary , turned it to no bad account . This preternatural appearance alarmed the superstitious , who fled , pursued by the supposed demon . In their panic haste they would leave their ...
... appearance of the " Bar- guest , " and , with his auxiliary , turned it to no bad account . This preternatural appearance alarmed the superstitious , who fled , pursued by the supposed demon . In their panic haste they would leave their ...
Pagina 1019
... appearance of a bird , and others by the figure of a tall woman in white , who shrieked about the house . This in Ireland is called the banshee , or " the shrieking woman . " In some of the great families an ad- monishing demon or ...
... appearance of a bird , and others by the figure of a tall woman in white , who shrieked about the house . This in Ireland is called the banshee , or " the shrieking woman . " In some of the great families an ad- monishing demon or ...
Pagina 1229
... appearance nearly north , about half - past eight in the evening . This bow of the heavens was every way complete , the curvature entire , though its span was extensive , and the altitude of its apex seemed to be about 20 degrees . The ...
... appearance nearly north , about half - past eight in the evening . This bow of the heavens was every way complete , the curvature entire , though its span was extensive , and the altitude of its apex seemed to be about 20 degrees . The ...
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