The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 242F. Jefferies, 1968 The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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Page 102
... Christmas " Ceppo " -that is , block of wood , Yule log . No wonder that sun festivals , so deeply rooted among different races , should have survived after the introduction of a new creed . In his " Vindication of the Solemnity of the ...
... Christmas " Ceppo " -that is , block of wood , Yule log . No wonder that sun festivals , so deeply rooted among different races , should have survived after the introduction of a new creed . In his " Vindication of the Solemnity of the ...
Page 103
... Christmas mummers at present bear , have mostly arisen from surnames , qualities , or symbols of the ancient deities . It will therefore not create astonishment that among the Saxons of Transylvania , whose ancestors , many centuries ...
... Christmas mummers at present bear , have mostly arisen from surnames , qualities , or symbols of the ancient deities . It will therefore not create astonishment that among the Saxons of Transylvania , whose ancestors , many centuries ...
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... Christmas or Yule evening , the so - called julbucken , a block of wood covered with pig - skin , is put on the table . The house - father then places his hands on it and offers a vow that in the coming year he will be a loving father ...
... Christmas or Yule evening , the so - called julbucken , a block of wood covered with pig - skin , is put on the table . The house - father then places his hands on it and offers a vow that in the coming year he will be a loving father ...
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Miss Misanthrope By JUSTIN MCCARTHYcontinued | 1 |
Athens under King Otho By WALTER THORNBURY | 84 |
Bismarcks Literary Faculty By FRANCIS HUEFFER | 96 |
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