 This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses ; this to thee, preserve thou my sheep; and so on.' After that, they use the same ceremony to the noxious animals : ' This I give to thee, O fox ! spare thou my lambs; this to thee, O hooded crow ! this to...  Origins of English History - Seite 284von Charles Isaac Elton - 1890 - 450 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 414 Seiten
...several good and convenient harbours. The chief danger in the navigation arises from the sand banks, they use the same ceremony to the noxious animals...O eagle ! When the ceremony is over, they dine on (he caudle; and after the feast is finished, what is left is hid by two persons deputed for that purpose... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 832 Seiten
...take Copen- serve thou my sheep ; and so on. After that hagen. It varies in depth from five to twenty they use the same ceremony to the noxious animals: This I give to thee, O foxl spare thou my lambs : this to thee, О hooded crow 1 this to thee, О eagle ! When the ceremony... | |
 | 1830 - 428 Seiten
...;* and so on. After that, they use the same ceremony to the noxious animals : 'ThisI give to thee, 0 fox ; spare thou my lambs; this to thee, O hooded crow ; this to thee, eagle!' When the- ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle," &c. Something of this kind is retained... | |
 | 1835 - 566 Seiten
...This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses ;" " This to thee, preserve thou my sheep ;" and so on. After that they use the same ceremony to the noxious...thee, O fox ! spare thou my lambs;" " This to thee, О hooded crow !" " This to thee, eagle!" When the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle ; and,... | |
 | 1835 - 550 Seiten
...This I give to thee, preserve thou my horses ;" " This to thee, preserve thou my sheep ;" and so on. After that they use the same ceremony to the noxious...give to thee, O fox ! spare thou my lambs;" " This to thes, O hooded crow !" "This to thee, eagle !" When the ceremony is over, they dine on the caudle ;... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1835 - 350 Seiten
...supernatural preservers, they propitiate, in the same way, the real destroyers of their property. " This I give to thee, O fox — spare thou my lambs...This to thee, O hooded crow ! This to thee, O eagle ! " And when the sacrifice is complete, they sit down, and partake of the remainder themselves, sanctifying... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1835 - 356 Seiten
...propitiate, in the same way, the real destroyers of their property. " This I give to thee, O fox—spare thou my lambs ! This to thee, O hooded crow! This to thee, O eagle ! " And when the sacrifice is complete, they sit down, and partake of the remainder themselves, sanctifying... | |
 | William Howitt - 1838 - 414 Seiten
...to thee ; preserve thou my sheep ; — this I give to thee ; preserve thou my horses : " and so on. After that they use the same ceremony to the noxious...lambs ; this to thee O hooded Crow ! this to thee Eagle ! " "When the ceremony is over they dine on the caudle, etc. etc. Something of this kind is retained... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction: VOL.XXXIII - 1839 - 446 Seiten
...from the first to the ninth. After this they use the same ceremony to the noxious animals, thus, " This I give to thee, O Fox,— spare thou my Lambs . This to Ihee, О liooded Crow. This to thee, О Engle 1" When this ceremony, of course much prolonged, and... | |
 | William Howitt - 1840 - 652 Seiten
...give to thee ; preserve thou my sheep : this I give to thee ; preserve thou my horses :" and so on. After that they use the same ceremony to the noxious...give to thee O Fox ! spare thou my lambs ; this to thec O hooded Crow ! this to thee Eagle ! When the ceremony is over they dine on the caudle, etc. etc."... | |
| |
