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... later ages . All that we can with tolerable certainty affirm is , that he knew and accepted the popular belief as to the fertilizing virtue of the fruit of the mandrake , and that he ascribed the birth of Joseph directly to the eating ...
... later ages . All that we can with tolerable certainty affirm is , that he knew and accepted the popular belief as to the fertilizing virtue of the fruit of the mandrake , and that he ascribed the birth of Joseph directly to the eating ...
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... later . Arthurian dates . On the later , or Saxon , dating Arthur reigned about 517-42 ; on the earlier , or Celtic , dating about A.D. 467–93 . This will enable us to see the bearing of the following statements . H. In the Ulster ...
... later . Arthurian dates . On the later , or Saxon , dating Arthur reigned about 517-42 ; on the earlier , or Celtic , dating about A.D. 467–93 . This will enable us to see the bearing of the following statements . H. In the Ulster ...
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... later by the devastations of Tamerlane , whose triumphant progress was marked by pyramids of human skulls . A century later we once more find Persia strong and united under a truly national dynasty , the Safawís , which reached its ...
... later by the devastations of Tamerlane , whose triumphant progress was marked by pyramids of human skulls . A century later we once more find Persia strong and united under a truly national dynasty , the Safawís , which reached its ...
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ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191617 | 33 |
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191718 | 51 |
JACOB AND THE MANDRAKES BY J G FRAZER FELLOW OF | 57 |
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