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Pagina 47
... hand , ' for instance , taken from one who has died a violent death , is supposed to overpower with sleep those who come under its influence . Many stories are told of the use of the dead hand by thieves . In a case of attempted rob ...
... hand , ' for instance , taken from one who has died a violent death , is supposed to overpower with sleep those who come under its influence . Many stories are told of the use of the dead hand by thieves . In a case of attempted rob ...
Pagina 145
... hand side of the page , and those from the birth of Christ on the right hand . But it would almost seem as if he relied principally for his succession of events on the years of the reigns of the Roman emperors , and inserted the other ...
... hand side of the page , and those from the birth of Christ on the right hand . But it would almost seem as if he relied principally for his succession of events on the years of the reigns of the Roman emperors , and inserted the other ...
Pagina 302
... Hand - kissing is now confined to State ceremonies and to a few old - world lovers and gallants who have retained the ways of their great - grandfathers . Kissing , not on the hand , but on the cheek , was formerly the common way of ...
... Hand - kissing is now confined to State ceremonies and to a few old - world lovers and gallants who have retained the ways of their great - grandfathers . Kissing , not on the hand , but on the cheek , was formerly the common way of ...
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