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" I therefore wrote the board full from top to bottom on both sides ; and my landlord, to be certain of having the whole force of the charm, washed the writing from the board into a calabash with a little water, and having said a few prayers over it, drank... "
Monthly Journal of Science, and Annals of Biology, Astronomy, Geology ... - Page 506
edited by - 1870
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Oriental Customs: Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, by ..., Volume 2

Samuel Burder - 1807 - 436 pages
...the board into a calabash with a little water ; and having said a few, prayers over it, drank this powerful draught : after which, lest a single word...escape, he licked the board until it was quite dry." Travels, p. 236. No. 722. — vi. 5. And shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.'} The Egyptians...
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Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed Under the Direction ...

Mungo Park - 1807 - 594 pages
...from the board into a calabash with a little water, and having said a few prayers over it, drank this powerful draught ; after which, lest a single word should escape, he licked the bXoaft until it was quite dry. A saphie writer was a man of too great consequence to be long concealed...
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Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by ..., Volume 2

Samuel Burder - 1812 - 428 pages
...from the board into a calabash with a little water ; and having said a few prayers over it, drank this powerful draught : after which, lest a single word...escape, he licked the board until it was quite dry." Travels, p. 236. No. 722. — vi. 5. And shall let the locks of the hair1 of his head grow.] The Egyptians...
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Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed ... in ... 1795, 1796 ...

Mungo Park - 1813 - 374 pages
...from the board into a calabash with a little water, and having said a few prayers over it, drank this powerful draught ; after which, lest a single word...escape, he licked the board until it was quite dry. A saphie writer was a man of too great consequence to be long concealed ; the important information...
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Calmet's Great Dictionary of the Holy Bible: Scripture illustrated, by means ...

Augustin Calmet - 1814 - 636 pages
...from the board into a calabash, with a little water, and having said a few prayers over it, drank this powerful draught ; after which, lest a single word...escape, he licked the board until it was quite dry," M. Park, p. 236. Here we find the sentiments expressed in writing are supposed tobe communicated to...
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A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the ..., Volume 3

R. P. Forster - 1818 - 508 pages
...from the hoard into a calabash with a little water, and having said a few prayers over it, drank this powerful draught; after which, lest a single word...escape, he licked the board until it was quite dry. Information of this circumstance being carried to the governor, he sent his son with half a sheet of...
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Critica Biblica: or, Depository of sacred literature, comprising remarks on ...

William Carpenter - 1827 - 506 pages
...into a calabash, with a littlf water, and having said a few prayers over it, drank VOL. ii. 2 E thii powerful draught; after which, lest a single word...escape, he licked the board until it was quite dry." Mungo Park, 2S6. Here we find the sentiments expressed in writing are supposed to be communicated to...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 19

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 814 pages
...the board into a calabash with a little waler ; and, having said a few prayers over it, drank this powerful draught; after which, lest a single word...escape, he licked the board until it was quite dry. A saphie writer was a man of too great consequence to be long concealed. The important information...
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Dictionary of the Holy Bible

Augustin Calmet - 1832 - 1060 pages
...into a calabash, with a little water, ami having said a few prayers over it, drank this now---- nil draught ; after which, lest a single word should escape, he licked the board until it was quite dry." (Page 236.) Here we find the sentiments expressed in writing supposed to be communicated to water ;...
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The Darker Superstitions of Scotland: Illustrated from History and Practice

John Graham Dalyell - 1834 - 722 pages
...African, to be assured of its full force, washed off the writing into a vessel, and drank the water: " after which, lest a single word should escape, he licked the board."* On similar principles, the benefit of absorbing a charm is believed, in Africa, to have yet a wider...
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