The Magic of Jewels and CharmsJ.B. Lippincott, 1915 - 422 sider |
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... fact that the necklaces do not cover the neck ? In other words , they are worn on the bare throat and the opinion prevails that an exposed neck means less liability to cold . For , where the neck is never overheated and then suddenly ...
... fact that the necklaces do not cover the neck ? In other words , they are worn on the bare throat and the opinion prevails that an exposed neck means less liability to cold . For , where the neck is never overheated and then suddenly ...
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... . AMULETS : ANCIENT , MEDIEVAL , AND ORIENTAL ... 313 IX . AMULETS OF PRIMITIVE PEOPLES AND of Modern TIMES X. FACTS AND FANCIES ABOUT PRECIOUS STONES .. ... 348 377 7 Illustrations COLOR PLATES MODEL OF A HINDU LADY , ILLUSTRATING.
... . AMULETS : ANCIENT , MEDIEVAL , AND ORIENTAL ... 313 IX . AMULETS OF PRIMITIVE PEOPLES AND of Modern TIMES X. FACTS AND FANCIES ABOUT PRECIOUS STONES .. ... 348 377 7 Illustrations COLOR PLATES MODEL OF A HINDU LADY , ILLUSTRATING.
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... fact . He adds that similar stones might be secured from near Toledo in Spain and also in the " land of Kimar , " inhabited by Turkish tribes . " The Oriental rain - stones noted by pseudo - Aristotle and by many other Arabic writers of ...
... fact . He adds that similar stones might be secured from near Toledo in Spain and also in the " land of Kimar , " inhabited by Turkish tribes . " The Oriental rain - stones noted by pseudo - Aristotle and by many other Arabic writers of ...
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... fact that the Mohammedans had their mesticas blessed by the priests of their faith , and burned incense beneath them on Fridays , the Mohammedan equivalent of the Christian Sunday , did not probably shake the belief of Rumphius that the ...
... fact that the Mohammedans had their mesticas blessed by the priests of their faith , and burned incense beneath them on Fridays , the Mohammedan equivalent of the Christian Sunday , did not probably shake the belief of Rumphius that the ...
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... fact ; indeed , it may rather be said that they are generally missing . The fluvio- glacial drift is much more widespread than ground moraine , and the pebbles found in the former rarely present these aspects ; indeed , it has been ...
... fact ; indeed , it may rather be said that they are generally missing . The fluvio- glacial drift is much more widespread than ground moraine , and the pebbles found in the former rarely present these aspects ; indeed , it has been ...
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Side 258 - This story shall the good man teach his son ; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered...
Side 321 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm : for love is strong as death ; jealousy is cruel as the grave : the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame...
Side 377 - Nay, had she been true, If heaven would make me such another world Of one entire and perfect chrysolite, I'd not have sold her for it.
Side 84 - ... smoothed ; it looks as if the whole had been broken into many pieces by a violent blow, and then united again. It is very difficult to determine accurately the quality of this stone, which has been worn to its present surface by the millions of touches and kisses it has received.
Side 282 - Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
Side 240 - And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people : and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Side 79 - Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
Side 267 - If Candlemas Day be fair and bright Winter will have another flight But if Candlemas Day be clouds and rain Winter is gone and will not come again.
Side 268 - ST. Swithin's day if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain : St. Swithin's day if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain na mair.
Side 326 - Nothing therefore is more excellent than the mysteries which ye seek after, saving only the mystery of the Seven Vowels and their forty and nine Powers, and the numbers thereof. And no name is more excellent than all these (Vowels), 1M a Name wherein be contained all Names and all Lights and all Powers.