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... four oxen could plough during the night . Then the damsel Gefion took four oxen , her own sons by a giant ( for she was of the race of the gods ) , and worked hard until morn ; so deeply did they plough the furrows , that the waters of ...
... four oxen could plough during the night . Then the damsel Gefion took four oxen , her own sons by a giant ( for she was of the race of the gods ) , and worked hard until morn ; so deeply did they plough the furrows , that the waters of ...
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... four walls , an aperture to go in by called a door , and sundry slits , conventionally styled windows ; then , amongst humble- minded tenements of ancient " cage - work , " very much out of the perpendicular , rise lofty edifices of ...
... four walls , an aperture to go in by called a door , and sundry slits , conventionally styled windows ; then , amongst humble- minded tenements of ancient " cage - work , " very much out of the perpendicular , rise lofty edifices of ...
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... four holes , each one allotted in earlier days to alms- givers of different ranks . Beneath lies a gravestone , worn with age , upon which two skeletons may still * This grinding between two millstones was not a customary punishment ...
... four holes , each one allotted in earlier days to alms- givers of different ranks . Beneath lies a gravestone , worn with age , upon which two skeletons may still * This grinding between two millstones was not a customary punishment ...
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... four - the parish priest , the blacksmith , tailor , and carpenter . No crime has been committed , or brought before the courts , for upwards of thirty years . Epidemics of all kinds are Queen of the May : the same custom prevails in ...
... four - the parish priest , the blacksmith , tailor , and carpenter . No crime has been committed , or brought before the courts , for upwards of thirty years . Epidemics of all kinds are Queen of the May : the same custom prevails in ...
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... four horses could carry us . An hour's drive brought us to a secluded punchbowl , where an aged baron , of years quite fabulous and spirit young , has his nest , the ancient castle of Torup , a gabled mansion , with towers both round ...
... four horses could carry us . An hour's drive brought us to a secluded punchbowl , where an aged baron , of years quite fabulous and spirit young , has his nest , the ancient castle of Torup , a gabled mansion , with towers both round ...
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