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Anastasius ancient Antichrist Apollo appeared arms Aymar beautiful believe bird Bishop called cave century child Christ Christian Church cloud Cologne cross curious dæmon dead death died Diocletian divine divining rod dragon earth Eirek Emperor fable fell forest George German give goddess gold Greek hand head heard heathen heaven hero Holda holy Hörselberg Icelandic island John king lady lake land legend lived Lohengrin Lord Marianus Scotus martyr Melusina monster moon mountain mysterious myth mythology night Nisroch Osiris Paradise Patrick's Purgatory Pope Pope Joan popular Prester John Purgatory Rabanus Maurus reign ring Roman Rome sacred Saga saint says schamir seen serpent seven Solomon souls stone story Suevi supposed swan sword symbol tablinum tail tale Tammuz Tanhäuser tell temple Thorr's hammer thou told took tree Ursula vessel virgins whilst woman
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Page 376 - And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
Page 418 - And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, You heard as if an army muttered; And the muttering grew to a grumbling; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper...
Page 4 - For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
Page 386 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Page 468 - Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Page 419 - The door in the mountain side shut fast. Did I say, all? No! One was lame, And could not dance the whole of the way; And in after years, if you would blame His sadness, he was used to say— "It's dull in our town since my playmates left!