Observations on Popular Antiquities Including the Whole of Mr. Bourne's Anti Quitates Vulgares Etc |
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... tells us that one of the Sisters of a distant Monastery , as she was sleeping , thought she heard the well - known Sound of that Bell , which called them to Prayers , when any of them had de- parted this Life . But be that as it will ...
... tells us that one of the Sisters of a distant Monastery , as she was sleeping , thought she heard the well - known Sound of that Bell , which called them to Prayers , when any of them had de- parted this Life . But be that as it will ...
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... tells ushe could meet with no other Account of this " " Ceremony , than that it was a Custom of the old " Church of England . " The Passage above cited from Durand would have informed him from whence it must have been imported into this ...
... tells ushe could meet with no other Account of this " " Ceremony , than that it was a Custom of the old " Church of England . " The Passage above cited from Durand would have informed him from whence it must have been imported into this ...
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... tells us , that at Pekin there are * Spelman's Gloss . verb Campana . Trusler's Chronology . + Antiquities of Christ . Church , Vol . I. p . 316 . Josephus . See Dr. Smith's Account of the Greek Church . He was an Eye - Witness of this ...
... tells us , that at Pekin there are * Spelman's Gloss . verb Campana . Trusler's Chronology . + Antiquities of Christ . Church , Vol . I. p . 316 . Josephus . See Dr. Smith's Account of the Greek Church . He was an Eye - Witness of this ...
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... tells us , " his Pre- " decessor Turketul had led the way in this Fancy . " The Custom of rejoicing with Bells on high Fes- tivals , Christmas - Day , & c . is derived to us from the Times of Popery§ . The ringing of Bells on the ...
... tells us , " his Pre- " decessor Turketul had led the way in this Fancy . " The Custom of rejoicing with Bells on high Fes- tivals , Christmas - Day , & c . is derived to us from the Times of Popery§ . The ringing of Bells on the ...
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... tells us , that on the Death of a Highlander , the Corpse being stretched on a Board , and covered with a coarse Linen Wrapper , the Friends lay on the Breast of the Deceased a wooden Platter , containing a small Quantity of Salt and ...
... tells us , that on the Death of a Highlander , the Corpse being stretched on a Board , and covered with a coarse Linen Wrapper , the Friends lay on the Breast of the Deceased a wooden Platter , containing a small Quantity of Salt and ...
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