The Customs of MankindW. Heinemann Limited, 1924 - 753 páginas |
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... played a conspicuous part in their destinies . Like superstition , dreams early appealed to the imagination of men , and it is now believed by authorities that the elaborate conceptions of mythology , folklore , and tradition are the ...
... played a conspicuous part in their destinies . Like superstition , dreams early appealed to the imagination of men , and it is now believed by authorities that the elaborate conceptions of mythology , folklore , and tradition are the ...
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... played a con- spicuous part . In prehistory when one savage fellow met another with whom he did not wish to fight but with whom he wished to join forces , he dropped his weapon and ex- tended his right hand - his weapon hand - as a ...
... played a con- spicuous part . In prehistory when one savage fellow met another with whom he did not wish to fight but with whom he wished to join forces , he dropped his weapon and ex- tended his right hand - his weapon hand - as a ...
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... played upon the child - like , credulous minds of the multitudes . Controlling the Elements . - Magic might be defined as an elementary process of reasoning . Primitive man did not understand the storm . He was afraid of it . There ...
... played upon the child - like , credulous minds of the multitudes . Controlling the Elements . - Magic might be defined as an elementary process of reasoning . Primitive man did not understand the storm . He was afraid of it . There ...
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... plays a conspicuous part . He takes a branch from a certain kind of tree and dips it in water . Chanting magic words , he scatters the moisture from the dripping bough over the ground . Rain is expected to follow . If the rain does not ...
... plays a conspicuous part . He takes a branch from a certain kind of tree and dips it in water . Chanting magic words , he scatters the moisture from the dripping bough over the ground . Rain is expected to follow . If the rain does not ...
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... played a part in medicine also . For instance , a Dyak medicine man who wishes to cure some- one who is ill will lie on the ground and pretend to be dead . Other medicine men will bind him up in mats , take him out of the hut , and ...
... played a part in medicine also . For instance , a Dyak medicine man who wishes to cure some- one who is ill will lie on the ground and pretend to be dead . Other medicine men will bind him up in mats , take him out of the hut , and ...
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Página 188 - And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Página 625 - Few of us take the pains to study the origin of our cherished convictions; indeed, we have a natural repugnance to so doing. We like to continue to believe what we have been accustomed to accept as true, and the resentment aroused when doubt is cast upon any of our assumptions leads us to seek every manner of excuse for clinging to them. The result is that most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do. I remember years ago attending a public...
Página 231 - JULIA, I bring To thee this ring, Made for thy finger fit ; To show by this, That our love is, Or should be, like to it. Close though it be, The joint is free ; So when love's yoke is on, It must not gall, Or fret at all With hard oppression. But it must play Still either way, And be, too, such a yoke, As not too wide, To over-slide, Or be so strait to choke.
Página 303 - So you have to discard the vision of yourself as 'a writer', and find out what you want to say, and how you want to say it.
Página 463 - Fear not, for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; ye shall find the Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger.
Página 245 - There was an old woman who lived In a shoe, She had so many children, she didn't know what to do.
Página 325 - And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Página 431 - That the flag of the Thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white: that the union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Página 214 - ... upon his back something enveloped in an ample covering of scarlet cloth ; he was surrounded by twenty or thirty young fellows, and by them protected from the desperate attacks made upon him by a party of young women. On seeking an explanation of this novel scene, I was told that the man had just been married, and his precious burden was his blooming bride, whom he was conveying to his own village.
Página 389 - They four in one day killed as much fowl as, with a little help beside, served the company almost a week. At which time, amongst other recreations, we exercised our arms, many of the Indians coming amongst us, and...