Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 113Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Scribner & Company; The Century Company, 1926 - American literature |
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... played an important part in life . Ghosts were seen in graveyards , witches must be warned away by tying a bunch of twigs to the cross on the church , and there was always the menacing danger of the evil eye . If a child sickened , the ...
... played an important part in life . Ghosts were seen in graveyards , witches must be warned away by tying a bunch of twigs to the cross on the church , and there was always the menacing danger of the evil eye . If a child sickened , the ...
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... plays are still given , and traditional games and sports take place . Always in the early morning mass was said in ... played by violin , guitar , and accordion . The orches- tra , playing as it marched into town or around the plaza ...
... plays are still given , and traditional games and sports take place . Always in the early morning mass was said in ... played by violin , guitar , and accordion . The orches- tra , playing as it marched into town or around the plaza ...
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... plays , soft - toned Span- ish speech - but these too will soon pass . What happened to it all ? The blast of a steam - whistle . For years before it came the rail- road was the burning topic of con- versation . Newspapers printed in ...
... plays , soft - toned Span- ish speech - but these too will soon pass . What happened to it all ? The blast of a steam - whistle . For years before it came the rail- road was the burning topic of con- versation . Newspapers printed in ...
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... play . It is called Foote Ball . " The king looked puzzled . " Foote ball ? " he inquired . " Explain it . " " Well , sire , this is a boar's hide . ' Tis inflated with a calf's bladder . ' Tis light but tough and can be hefted by ...
... play . It is called Foote Ball . " The king looked puzzled . " Foote ball ? " he inquired . " Explain it . " " Well , sire , this is a boar's hide . ' Tis inflated with a calf's bladder . ' Tis light but tough and can be hefted by ...
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... playing . So ye , Sir George , before the sun sets , see to it that we shall soon have a dozen boar's hides and as many calf's bladders . Swords ye may have at the royal ordnance . " His Majesty limped toward the palace . " Next time I ...
... playing . So ye , Sir George , before the sun sets , see to it that we shall soon have a dozen boar's hides and as many calf's bladders . Swords ye may have at the royal ordnance . " His Majesty limped toward the palace . " Next time I ...
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