Vestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs: Discoverable in Modern Italy and SicilyVestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs, Discoverable in Modern Italy and Sicily by John James Blunt, first published in 1823, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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... given to the administration of jus- tice .- ( Sueton . Aug. § 32. ) Agriculture , too , as might have been expected , suffered se- verely under their baneful influence ; and therefore it is , that Virgil endeavours to meet the scruples ...
... same order is observed in Plutarch's treatise of Isis and Osiris . ( Vide Gibbon , vol . v . p . 103 , note . ) A precedence thus given to the female deities in Egypt , would probably have its operation 48 OF THE VIRGIN .
... shaft stood a priest , and on the other a layman with a silver bell , which he rung from time to time with great vehemence . Upon a signal given , those whose business it was to bear along the car sprang 68 OF THE FESTIVAL OF S. AGATHA .
... given by the priest to the congregation around him , and which principally consisted of women who listened to him with extreme devotion , all united in a responsive Pater noster . The deepest interest was evidently taken in these ...
... given to it . Non prius audita , ' says the commentator , ' h . e . ' virginibus puerisque ; non autem canto virginibus puerisque , ' ut hactenus interpretes . At any rate , these youths and maidens appear to be those to G Finally , it ...
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