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Hagiography. St. i. 553-588; Z.f.r.P. ii. 438-459; Rom. xviii. 203. C. Wahlund, Die altfr. Anc. Krit. Studien zu Wace's Conception und Nicolas, 1878; life of St. Lang. Anc. Auban in Bezug auf Quelle," &c. Rom. Lit. xxiii. 436; Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, 1888, p. v; Wolter, Bibl. Lyric Poetry. The remaining songs are mostly of a religious character. Anc.

With the possible exception of two very archaic slate palettes, the first historical memorials recovered from the south do not date from an earlier period than the beginning of the Ist Dynasty. The largest of the Cairo fragments now helps us to fill in this gap in our knowledge. See Breasted, Anc. Rec., I, pp. 52, 57. Cf. Hall, Ancient History of the Near East, p. 99 f.

Many of his poems are extremely obscure; he was one of the first to affect the trobar clus. He was also the author of violent invectives against the passion of love Que anc non amet neguna Ni d'autra no fon amatz "Who never loved any woman nor was loved of any." This aversion to the main theme of troubadour poetry is Marcabrun's most striking characteristic.

Clement of Alexandria calls them μυστήρια τὰ πρὸ μυστηρίων, "the mysteries before the mysteries." Les petits mystères ne consistoient qu'en cérémonies préparatoires. Sainte Croix, i. 297. As to the oath of secrecy, Bryant says, "The first thing at these awful meetings was to offer an oath of secrecy to all who were to be initiated, after which they proceeded to the ceremonies." Anal. of Anc.

Anc when day broke he sat expecting his son and waited till noon, but he came not; whereat his heart forebode separation and was fired with fears for Kamar al-Zaman; and he cried, "Alas! my son!" and he wept till his clothes were drenched with tears, and repeated with a beating heart,

The clergy and the fair sex presented the most attractive target for the shots of the satirists. A few pieces of political satire show us French and English exchanging amenities on their mutual shortcomings. Gaston Paris: Trois versions rimées de l'évangile de Nicodème, Soc. Anc. Dramatic Literature.

This is what I made out: hac ar osit unt num tria mi et qu enti qui pert anc Mi Sanc in cujus fini utelam ob lat hoc lito atis com arca absco a est. rra. Oc 1824 I had hardly finished my transcription when my hostess entered saying that breakfast was ready in the kitchen: so no attempt at working out the puzzle could be made at the time.

In China an oil is procured from the seeds of vernicia montana, which, by the addition of alum, litharge, and steatite, with a gentle heat, easily forms a valuable varnish which, when mixed with resin, is employed in rendering the bottoms of vessels watertight. P. Champion, Indust. Anc. et Mod. de l'Emp. Chinois." 114. Formerly it appears to have been different with them.

To Hogarth's dismay, he turned back to the table, put a black bottle, half full, to his lips, and with tilts anc stoppages set to gulp it, while eager jokes, touched with jealousy, began to jeer from the beds. "Lawd Gawd, that was good!" said the Cockney with upturned eyes, "and what do I behold? broth, ye gawds!"

They hoped to be in time, however. They had no idea the marriage would take place so soon." Mrs. Orton Beg reflected for a little, and then she asked in evident trepidation, for she had more than a suspicion of what the reply would be: "Anc what are you going to do?" "Decline to live with him," Evadne answered. This was what Mrs.