 | Ali Bey - 1816 - 414 pagina’s
...they told me many ridiculous stories. As I have this long while declared war against the devil andall his earthly vicegerents, I had the satisfaction of...islands, who at certain seasons of the year* take the 80 shape of birds to come here; that they return again at a certain time to their country, where they... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1816 - 612 pagina’s
...This may arise from their belief that the •torks are human beings in that form ; for they hold that storks are men from some distant islands, who at certain seasons of the year assume the shape of these birds that they may visit Barbary, uud return at a certain time to their... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1816 - 686 pagina’s
...arise from their belief that the storks are human beings in that form ; for they hold that storks ate men from some distant islands, who at certain seasons of the year assume the shape of these birds that they may visit Barbary, and return at a certain time to their... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1816 - 618 pagina’s
...This may arise from their belief that the storks are human beings in that form ; for they hold that storks are men from some distant islands, who at certain seasons of the year assume the shape of these birds that they may visit Barbary, and return at a certain time to their... | |
 | James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 pagina’s
...86 ; part iv. lines 19, 20, 37, 38, 56, 57. 81. STOIIKS. The inhabitants of Fez believe storks to be men from some distant islands, who at certain seasons of the year assume the shape of these birds, that they may visit Barbary, and return at a certain time to their... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1830 - 376 pagina’s
...these poor devils of their entertainment. " Fez has an hospital which is very richly endowed, but it is used only for the treatment of lunatics. It is very...they resume their human form till the next season. Por this reason, it would be considered as a crime to kill one of these birds. They tell thousands... | |
 | Edward Stanley (bishop of Norwich) - 1835 - 324 pagina’s
...a strange belief, handed down from time immemorial, that the Storks are human beings in that form, men from some distant islands, who, at certain seasons of the year, assume the shape of these birds, that they may visit Barbary, and return at a fixed time to their own... | |
 | 1838 - 484 pagina’s
...a strange belief, handed down from time immemorial, that the storks are human beings in that form, men from some distant islands, who, at certain seasons of the year, assume the shape of these birds, lhat they may visit Barbary, and return at a fixed time to their own... | |
 | 1843 - 502 pagina’s
...is very richly endowed, and used only for the treatment of lunatics. It is very strange that a ninth part of the funds to maintain this establishment has...certain time to their country, where they resume their form till the next season. For this reason it would be considered a crime to kill one of these birds.... | |
 | Francis Orpen Morris - 1855 - 482 pagina’s
...a strange belief, handed down from time immemorial, that the Storks are human beings in that form, men from some distant islands, who, at certain seasons of the year, assume the shape of these birds, that they may visit Barbary, and return at a fixed time to their own... | |
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Fez has an hospital which is very richly endowed, and used only for the treatment of lunatics. It is very strange, that a great part of the funds to maintain this establishment has been bequeathed by the wills of various charitable testators for the express... 
