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... Death ) 380 378 Miss Pringle ( Do. ) 384 Samuel Wallace ( Nocturnal Revels ) 385 Dr. and Mrs. Donne ( Signs before Death ) 387 Ghost Stories 518 HAUNTED HOUSES . House of the Wesleys ( Signs before Death ) 388 The Drummer of Tedworth ...
... Death ) 380 378 Miss Pringle ( Do. ) 384 Samuel Wallace ( Nocturnal Revels ) 385 Dr. and Mrs. Donne ( Signs before Death ) 387 Ghost Stories 518 HAUNTED HOUSES . House of the Wesleys ( Signs before Death ) 388 The Drummer of Tedworth ...
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... death . We find , too , traces of the use of the magnet amongst the ancient Egyptians . Pliny relates that the temple of Arsinoe was to have been vaulted with magnetic stone , in order to receive a hovering statue of Arsinoe made of ...
... death . We find , too , traces of the use of the magnet amongst the ancient Egyptians . Pliny relates that the temple of Arsinoe was to have been vaulted with magnetic stone , in order to receive a hovering statue of Arsinoe made of ...
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... death of men . The more general natural symbols applied to the greater gods ; and therefore every- where indicate conditions of the healing or the destruction of men . We have already seen the general symbols of Jupiter and Hera , of ...
... death of men . The more general natural symbols applied to the greater gods ; and therefore every- where indicate conditions of the healing or the destruction of men . We have already seen the general symbols of Jupiter and Hera , of ...
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... death of physical organizations occasions by new births , and is thence styled the healer , raiav , the averter of evil , áλeğikakos . As the friend of harmony in nature , ἀλεξίκακος , he built the walls of Troy , and produced ...
... death of physical organizations occasions by new births , and is thence styled the healer , raiav , the averter of evil , áλeğikakos . As the friend of harmony in nature , ἀλεξίκακος , he built the walls of Troy , and produced ...
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... death appear to be his peculiar characteristic , -the mystery of faith . On the other hand , he is the hunter of life , to whom all living are a prey ; and according to Snidos , Zagreus was the sub- terranean Dionysos . He improved the ...
... death appear to be his peculiar characteristic , -the mystery of faith . On the other hand , he is the hunter of life , to whom all living are a prey ; and according to Snidos , Zagreus was the sub- terranean Dionysos . He improved the ...
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