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... passage , the account given us by the late ingenious Mr. Maundrell of this ancient piece of worship , and probably the first occasion of such a superstition . We came to a fair large river - doubtless the ancient river Adonis , so ...
... passage , the account given us by the late ingenious Mr. Maundrell of this ancient piece of worship , and probably the first occasion of such a superstition . We came to a fair large river - doubtless the ancient river Adonis , so ...
Page 251
... passage , the account given us by the late ingenious Mr. Maundrell of this ancient piece of worship , and probably the first occasion of such a superstition . We came to a fair large river - doubtless the ancient river Adonis , so ...
... passage , the account given us by the late ingenious Mr. Maundrell of this ancient piece of worship , and probably the first occasion of such a superstition . We came to a fair large river - doubtless the ancient river Adonis , so ...
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... passages in this description which carry in them a greater measure of probability , and are such as might pos sibly ... passage through that confusion of ele- ments which the poet calls The womb of nature , and perhaps her grave . The ...
... passages in this description which carry in them a greater measure of probability , and are such as might pos sibly ... passage through that confusion of ele- ments which the poet calls The womb of nature , and perhaps her grave . The ...
Contents
VOL V | 25 |
LETTER from a Coquette to a new mar | 254 |
Letters from an old Bachelorfrom Lovers | 260 |
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