The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 301F. Jefferies, 1967 The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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Page 592
... corn , and , digging deeper , they came upon a great new basket full of very fair corn of that year with some thirty - six goodly ears of corn , some yellow and some red , and others mixed " with blue . " The basket was round and narrow ...
... corn , and , digging deeper , they came upon a great new basket full of very fair corn of that year with some thirty - six goodly ears of corn , some yellow and some red , and others mixed " with blue . " The basket was round and narrow ...
Page 614
... corn spirit , who resents it thus . In some places they say when a labourer is seized with illness , " The rye - wolf has got hold of him " ; also in this country when the grass waves they say that it is the corn - mother coming , or ...
... corn spirit , who resents it thus . In some places they say when a labourer is seized with illness , " The rye - wolf has got hold of him " ; also in this country when the grass waves they say that it is the corn - mother coming , or ...
Page 616
... corn was left standing on the last field ; the reapers then , after resting awhile , would rush at it and tear it up , shouting the victory of the corn deity and casting the corn stalks in the air . A sheaf is then made of this last ...
... corn was left standing on the last field ; the reapers then , after resting awhile , would rush at it and tear it up , shouting the victory of the corn deity and casting the corn stalks in the air . A sheaf is then made of this last ...
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