Faiths and Folklore of the British Isles: A Descriptive and Historical Dictionary of the Superstitions, Beliefs and Popular Customs of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, from Norman Times to the End of the Nineteenth Century, with Classical and Foreign Analogues, Band 1B. Blom, 1965 - 672 Seiten |
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... believe it is pertinent to conjecture that , to all but the most limited circle , his name means nothing today . And if the name does have meaning , it is probably only because William Carew Hazlitt is confused with his illustrious ...
... believe it is pertinent to conjecture that , to all but the most limited circle , his name means nothing today . And if the name does have meaning , it is probably only because William Carew Hazlitt is confused with his illustrious ...
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... believe him to be , in the tradition of Samuel Johnson ( mind you , I do not declare him to be a latter - day Johnson ! ) , then let your readers partake of Hazlitt , the ethnologist - lexicographer- moralist - and - man - of - culture ...
... believe him to be , in the tradition of Samuel Johnson ( mind you , I do not declare him to be a latter - day Johnson ! ) , then let your readers partake of Hazlitt , the ethnologist - lexicographer- moralist - and - man - of - culture ...
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... believe these customs are invari- ably observed . From what cause they originated , some ingenious correspondent may be able to inform me . " Hutch- inson , speaking of Eskdale chapelry , says : " Wakes and doles are customary ; and ...
... believe these customs are invari- ably observed . From what cause they originated , some ingenious correspondent may be able to inform me . " Hutch- inson , speaking of Eskdale chapelry , says : " Wakes and doles are customary ; and ...
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