 | Francis Douce - 1807 - 540 pages
...februalis, and februlla. On this occasion, amidst a variety of ceremonies, the names of young women were put into a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed. The pastors of the early Christian church, who by every possible means endeavoured to eradicate the... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1807 - 528 pages
...februalis, and felrulla. On this occasion, amidst a variety of ceremonies, the names of young women were put into a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed. The pastors of the early Christian church, who by every possible means endeavoured to eradicate the... | |
 | 1822 - 440 pages
...Lupercalia, amidst a variety of ceremonies, it was the custom to put the names of several young women into a box, from which they were drawn by the men, as chance directed. The pastors of the early Christian church, who endeavoured to eradicate the vestiges of Pagan superstition,... | |
 | 1823 - 450 pages
...Lupercalia, amidst a variety of ceremonies, il was the custom to put the names of several young women into a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed. The pastors of the early Christian Church, who endeavoured to eradicate the vestiges of Pagan superstition,... | |
 | 1824 - 486 pages
...FebneHa. On this occasion, amidst a variety of ceremonies, tlie names of every young woman were put into a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed. — The pastors of the early Christian Church, who, by every possible means, endeavoured to eradicate... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...Februalis, and Februlla. On this occasion, amidst a variety of ceremonies, the names of young women were put e / The pastors of the early Christian church, •who by every possible means endeavoured to eradicate... | |
 | Thomas Dudley Fosbroke - 1825 - 508 pages
...Christian commutation of the ceremony in the Roman Lupercalia, in which the names of young women were put into a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed. It was continued by ladies, who chose knights for a twelvemonth mostly during carnival time. The earliest... | |
 | 1825 - 424 pages
...Lupercalia, amidst a variety of ceremonies, it was the custom to put the names of several young women in a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed. The pastors of the early Christian church, who endeavoured to eradicate the vestiges of pagan superstition,... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 892 pages
...Februalis, and Februlla. On this occasion, amidst a variety of ceremonies, the names of young women were put into a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed. The pastors of the early Christian church, who by every possible means endeavoured to eradicate the... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 878 pages
...Februalis, and Februlla. On this occasion, amidst a variety of ceremonies, the names of young women were put into a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed. The pastors of the early Christian church, who by every possible means endeavoured to eradicate the... | |
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On this occasion, amidst a variety of ceremonies, the names of young women were put into a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed. 
