The Magic of Jewels and CharmsJ.B. Lippincott, 1915 - 422 sider |
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... persons , for when the Emperor Hadrian presented himself before it , he is said to have heard the sound three times , whereas common mortals heard it but once , or at most twice , while occasionally the statue withheld its greeting ...
... persons , for when the Emperor Hadrian presented himself before it , he is said to have heard the sound three times , whereas common mortals heard it but once , or at most twice , while occasionally the statue withheld its greeting ...
Side 3
... person it would eat away the flesh . Another type , already noted by Theophrastus in the third century B.C. , had the power of petrifying any object placed within receptacles made from it . If a dead person were buried in a ...
... person it would eat away the flesh . Another type , already noted by Theophrastus in the third century B.C. , had the power of petrifying any object placed within receptacles made from it . If a dead person were buried in a ...
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... persons between whom they wished to stir up strife . The seven stones were then thrown one by one before a dog of the requisite species , and , after he had bitten them , two were chosen and were placed in water of which the persons who ...
... persons between whom they wished to stir up strife . The seven stones were then thrown one by one before a dog of the requisite species , and , after he had bitten them , two were chosen and were placed in water of which the persons who ...
Side 13
... person , he would be im- mediately cured by taking one drachm's weight of the stone . It thus appears that its virtues were those of the far - famed bezoar.25 Persia evidently had good store of " wonder- workers " of this kind , for the ...
... person , he would be im- mediately cured by taking one drachm's weight of the stone . It thus appears that its virtues were those of the far - famed bezoar.25 Persia evidently had good store of " wonder- workers " of this kind , for the ...
Side 25
... person , it has been suggested that perhaps the sparks emitted by the quartz on percussion were believed to shed some faint gleams along the dark pathway of the departed in his journey to the underworld . In Christian times there can be ...
... person , it has been suggested that perhaps the sparks emitted by the quartz on percussion were believed to shed some faint gleams along the dark pathway of the departed in his journey to the underworld . In Christian times there can be ...
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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.