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ask for eggs XI

In some parts of Westphalia two girls lead a flower-crowned girl called the Whitsuntide Bride from door to door, singing a song in which they ask for eggs. XI.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

AND FORGIVENESS Exodus xxxiv

6) SIN AND FORGIVENESS (Exodus xxxiv. 7) BLESSED AND TRAGIC UNCONSCIOUSNESS (Exodus xxxiv. 29; Judges xvi.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers by Alexander Maclaren

and fourth editions XXVIII

in the third and fourth editions.) XXVIII .
— from The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam

Archiv für Ethnographie xvi

E. Clement, “Ethnographical Notes on the Western Australian Aborigines,” Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie , xvi.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 08 of 12) by James George Frazer

Archiv für Ethnographie xvi

Clement, E., “Ethnographical Notes on the Western Australian Aborigines,” in Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie , xvi.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12) by James George Frazer

Archiv für Ethnographie xvi

Goeje, Professor M. J. de, in Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie , xvi.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12) by James George Frazer

A FAIR EXCHANGE XXI

A FAIR EXCHANGE XXI.
— from Patty at Home by Carolyn Wells

Archiv fur Entwm XVII

[16] Kammerer's chief papers on this subject are Archiv fur Entwm. , XVII, 1904, and ibid. , XXV, 1907.
— from Problems of Genetics by William Bateson

as follows Experiment XI

The results as regards the number of double flowers produced in this species by close sowing, from 1882-1886, have been as follows:— Experiment XI.
— from Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems Authorised Translation by August Weismann

and franke E xpecting

R espect my pen as free and franke E xpecting not reward nor thanke, G reat wonder onely moues it; I never made it mercenary, N or should my Muse this burthen carrie
— from The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Volume 1 of 2. by Davies, John, Sir

appointed for each x

A Superintendent of Ethnography was appointed for each [ x ] Presidency or Province, to carry out the work of the survey in addition to his other duties.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 1 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

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