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But he speaks in these very uncommercial tones of a sedulous rival : “ The match likes me well - I like the man , I like his spirit . He will not be a mere snivelling copyist , like the antagonists I have hitherto had , but will venture ...
But he speaks in these very uncommercial tones of a sedulous rival : “ The match likes me well - I like the man , I like his spirit . He will not be a mere snivelling copyist , like the antagonists I have hitherto had , but will venture ...
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Beside these there were also corn spirits , who identified themselves with the crops and generally assumed animal ... Germany , which is rich in cornlore , has — in common with the Poles and Czechs — the corn mother ; this spirit is ...
Beside these there were also corn spirits , who identified themselves with the crops and generally assumed animal ... Germany , which is rich in cornlore , has — in common with the Poles and Czechs — the corn mother ; this spirit is ...
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... labourers and servants would sit down on terms of equality with the farmer and his family , much ale was drunk and many songs sung , and in some European countries the flesh of the animal representing the corn spirit was eaten .
... labourers and servants would sit down on terms of equality with the farmer and his family , much ale was drunk and many songs sung , and in some European countries the flesh of the animal representing the corn spirit was eaten .
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CAPTAIN JOHN JENNINGS | 561 |
The Feast OF CANDLES | 574 |
DINING with DUKE HUMPHREY | 581 |
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