The Folk-lore of PlantsD. Appleton, 1889 - 328 páginas |
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... once - a cry of anguish escapes them when the cruel axe comes near . " In " Apollonius Rhodius " we find one of these hamadryads imploring a woodman to spare a tree to which her existence is attached : - " Loud through the air resounds ...
... once - a cry of anguish escapes them when the cruel axe comes near . " In " Apollonius Rhodius " we find one of these hamadryads imploring a woodman to spare a tree to which her existence is attached : - " Loud through the air resounds ...
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... once en- countered a mighty worm , or " fire - drake , " in the forest , engaging with it for three successive days . Eventually the saint came off victorious , but not without being seriously wounded ; and wherever his blood was shed ...
... once en- countered a mighty worm , or " fire - drake , " in the forest , engaging with it for three successive days . Eventually the saint came off victorious , but not without being seriously wounded ; and wherever his blood was shed ...
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... Once more , the mandrake , according to a superstition current in France and Germany , sprang up where the presence of a criminal had polluted the ground , and hence the old belief that it was generally found near a gallows . In Iceland ...
... Once more , the mandrake , according to a superstition current in France and Germany , sprang up where the presence of a criminal had polluted the ground , and hence the old belief that it was generally found near a gallows . In Iceland ...
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... Once more , the South Sea Islanders affirm that the scent is the spirit of a flower , and that the dead may be sustained by their fragrance , they cover their newly - made graves with many a sweet smelling blossom . 2 CHAPTER II ...
... Once more , the South Sea Islanders affirm that the scent is the spirit of a flower , and that the dead may be sustained by their fragrance , they cover their newly - made graves with many a sweet smelling blossom . 2 CHAPTER II ...
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... once received as sober fact , and even now - a - days can be traced amongst the traditions of many races.1 This primitive idea of man's creation probably originated in the myth of Yggdrasil , the Tree of the Universe , 2 around which so ...
... once received as sober fact , and even now - a - days can be traced amongst the traditions of many races.1 This primitive idea of man's creation probably originated in the myth of Yggdrasil , the Tree of the Universe , 2 around which so ...
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Página 65 - Hag. I last night lay all alone On the ground, to hear the mandrake groan; And plucked him up, though he grew full low ; "" / And as I had done the Cock did,crow. 4 Hag. And I ha...
Página 290 - Above the lowly plants it towers, The fennel, with its yellow flowers, And in an earlier age than ours Was gifted with the wondrous powers, Lost vision to restore. It gave new strength, and fearless mood ; And gladiators, fierce and rude, Mingled it in their daily food ; And he who battled and subdued, A wreath of fennel wore.
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Página 250 - When daisies pied, and violets blue. And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree.
Página 159 - With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave. Thou shalt not lack The flower, that's like thy face, pale primrose ; nor The azured harebell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweetened not thy breath.
Página 134 - twas, but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it : that song to-night Will not go from my mind ; I have much to do, But to go hang my head all at one side, And sing it like poor Barbara.
Página 186 - Then the pied wind-flowers and the tulip tall, And narcissi, the fairest among them all, Who gaze on their eyes in the stream's recess, Till they die of their own dear loveliness...
Página 161 - Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid ; Fly away, fly away, breath ; I am slain by a fair cruel maid. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, O, prepare it ! My part of death, no one so true Did share it.
Página 120 - When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh ! the doxy over the dale, Why then comes in the sweet o' the year ; For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale. The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With...
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