Reynard the Fox in South Africa: Or, Hottentot Fables and TalesTrübner and Company, 1864 - 94 pages |
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... manner- whence we have a number of household tales , and portions of a fabulous history of these tribes and na- tions ; or their ancestor worship and belief in the supernatural give rise to horrible ghost stories and tales of witchcraft ...
... manner- whence we have a number of household tales , and portions of a fabulous history of these tribes and na- tions ; or their ancestor worship and belief in the supernatural give rise to horrible ghost stories and tales of witchcraft ...
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... manner of Thinking , Counting , Eating , Drinking , Praying , Mode of Speech , and manner of Reckoning Relationship , p . 6 ; Heitsi Eibip or Kabip , p . 7 ; Origin of the Modes of Life of the Namaqua and Bushmen , pp . 7 , 8 ; Coming ...
... manner of Thinking , Counting , Eating , Drinking , Praying , Mode of Speech , and manner of Reckoning Relationship , p . 6 ; Heitsi Eibip or Kabip , p . 7 ; Origin of the Modes of Life of the Namaqua and Bushmen , pp . 7 , 8 ; Coming ...
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... manner the materials contained in these Hottentot Fables might be worked out similarly to Goethe's " Reinecke Fuchs ; " and we should hereby probably gain an epical composition , which , though not ranking so high as the latter poem ...
... manner the materials contained in these Hottentot Fables might be worked out similarly to Goethe's " Reinecke Fuchs ; " and we should hereby probably gain an epical composition , which , though not ranking so high as the latter poem ...
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... manner . " No , " said the Jackal , " that will never do ; you must , however , manage to come up high enough , so that you may get a mouth- ful at least . Then aloud he orders his wife to pre- pare a good piece , but aside he tells her ...
... manner . " No , " said the Jackal , " that will never do ; you must , however , manage to come up high enough , so that you may get a mouth- ful at least . Then aloud he orders his wife to pre- pare a good piece , but aside he tells her ...
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... manner can he take them ? " She answered him : " When he asked me I refused him ; but when he said , ' I shall at once fly up , therefore give it me , ' I threw it down to him . " The Heron said , " Are you such a fool as to give your ...
... manner can he take them ? " She answered him : " When he asked me I refused him ; but when he said , ' I shall at once fly up , therefore give it me , ' I threw it down to him . " The Heron said , " Are you such a fool as to give your ...
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