Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions, Volume 1Bell and Daldy, 1873 |
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... occasion of delay ; till the kindness of friends , the perse- verance of his own researches , and the vast accession of intel- ligence produced by the statistical inquiries in Scotland , so completely overloaded his manuscript , that it ...
... occasion of delay ; till the kindness of friends , the perse- verance of his own researches , and the vast accession of intel- ligence produced by the statistical inquiries in Scotland , so completely overloaded his manuscript , that it ...
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... occasion to George Steevens , Esq . , the learned and truly patient , or rather indefatigable , editor of Shakspeare , who had the goodness to lend me many scarce tracts , which no collection but his own , either public or private ...
... occasion to George Steevens , Esq . , the learned and truly patient , or rather indefatigable , editor of Shakspeare , who had the goodness to lend me many scarce tracts , which no collection but his own , either public or private ...
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... occasion . Such a preamble seems to be necessary before we enter on the superstitions of this district , lest we should be suspected of exaggeration in a recital of practices too gross for this enlightened age . " " Superstition ...
... occasion . Such a preamble seems to be necessary before we enter on the superstitions of this district , lest we should be suspected of exaggeration in a recital of practices too gross for this enlightened age . " " Superstition ...
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... occasion : to which , however , I shall take care , in their proper places , to refer but I own myself under particular obligations to Durand's Ritual of Divine Offices , a work inimical to every idea of rational worship , but to the ...
... occasion : to which , however , I shall take care , in their proper places , to refer but I own myself under particular obligations to Durand's Ritual of Divine Offices , a work inimical to every idea of rational worship , but to the ...
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... occasion , from the houses at which they stopped to pay this annual congratulation . " The Wassail Bowl , " says Warton , " is Shakspeare's Gossip's Bowl , in the Midsummer Night's Dream . The composition was ale , nutmeg , sugar ...
... occasion , from the houses at which they stopped to pay this annual congratulation . " The Wassail Bowl , " says Warton , " is Shakspeare's Gossip's Bowl , in the Midsummer Night's Dream . The composition was ale , nutmeg , sugar ...
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