The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar, Including Anecdote, Biography & History, Curiosities of Literature, and Oddities of Human Life and Character, Volume 2Robert Chambers W. & R. Chambers, 1869 - Anecdotes |
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... St Mars , was appointed governor of the island of St Marguérite ( opposite Cannes ) , he was immured in the fortress ... SWITHIN'S DAY . man equally noted for his uprightness. 60 DESTRUCTION OF THE BASTILE. ...
... St Mars , was appointed governor of the island of St Marguérite ( opposite Cannes ) , he was immured in the fortress ... SWITHIN'S DAY . man equally noted for his uprightness. 60 DESTRUCTION OF THE BASTILE. ...
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... St Marguerite , is now , for the first time , engraved from an original sketch . It is one of a series of five , built in a row on the scarp of the rocky cliff . The ST SWITHIN'S DAY . jeopardising his own life or liberty , for he was ...
... St Marguerite , is now , for the first time , engraved from an original sketch . It is one of a series of five , built in a row on the scarp of the rocky cliff . The ST SWITHIN'S DAY . jeopardising his own life or liberty , for he was ...
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... ST SWITHIN'S DAY . man equally noted for his uprightness and humi- lity . So far did he carry the latter quality ... St Swithin , and , instead of disturbing his remains , they erected a chapel over his grave , at which many astounding ...
... ST SWITHIN'S DAY . man equally noted for his uprightness and humi- lity . So far did he carry the latter quality ... St Swithin , and , instead of disturbing his remains , they erected a chapel over his grave , at which many astounding ...
Page 63
... ST SWITHIN'S DAY . at the grave ; and of another individual , who recovered by the same means from a grievous ailment in his eyes . These preternatural occur- rences were all duly reported to King Edgar , who thereupon gave directions ...
... ST SWITHIN'S DAY . at the grave ; and of another individual , who recovered by the same means from a grievous ailment in his eyes . These preternatural occur- rences were all duly reported to King Edgar , who thereupon gave directions ...
Page 64
... St Swithin's infalli- bility was in nowise to be shaken . The same author mentions a pretty saying current in some parts of the country when rain falls on St Swithin's Day : St Swithin is christening the apples . ' It is only to be ...
... St Swithin's infalli- bility was in nowise to be shaken . The same author mentions a pretty saying current in some parts of the country when rain falls on St Swithin's Day : St Swithin is christening the apples . ' It is only to be ...
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