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... Gems - Legends of Gems - Abraham and the Ruby - The Gesta Romanorum - The Serpent - Stone , or Bezoar - Musk as an Antidote to Snake - bites- Sculptured Snakes rendered Tombs Sacred - Legends of Serpents in connection with Rude Stone ...
... Gems - Legends of Gems - Abraham and the Ruby - The Gesta Romanorum - The Serpent - Stone , or Bezoar - Musk as an Antidote to Snake - bites- Sculptured Snakes rendered Tombs Sacred - Legends of Serpents in connection with Rude Stone ...
Page 105
... gems ; and as he glides majestically over the earth man follows in his track- no longer the wild hunter , content with rude stone weapons of the chase , but before him he pushes the ploughshare deep into the bosom of the virgin soil ...
... gems ; and as he glides majestically over the earth man follows in his track- no longer the wild hunter , content with rude stone weapons of the chase , but before him he pushes the ploughshare deep into the bosom of the virgin soil ...
Page 106
... gems ; and strange to say , the deeper we delve into this mysterious past , the more numerous and important do these serpent legends become , bringing to our view whole tribes who were supposed to be half serpents - kings and heroes of ...
... gems ; and strange to say , the deeper we delve into this mysterious past , the more numerous and important do these serpent legends become , bringing to our view whole tribes who were supposed to be half serpents - kings and heroes of ...
Page 107
... gems in a cave , in which he also found the snake apparently guarding the treasure , and hence the persistent stories handed down from generation to generation , for who can say how many centuries , in which the serpent is always ...
... gems in a cave , in which he also found the snake apparently guarding the treasure , and hence the persistent stories handed down from generation to generation , for who can say how many centuries , in which the serpent is always ...
Page 108
... gem in his hand , as though that had been the prize of victory , whilst a ball or gem of the same kind adorns ... gems . The tame snake " was fond of glitter- ing things , and when Lucie ( i . e . Lady Duff Gordon ) took her many ...
... gem in his hand , as though that had been the prize of victory , whilst a ball or gem of the same kind adorns ... gems . The tame snake " was fond of glitter- ing things , and when Lucie ( i . e . Lady Duff Gordon ) took her many ...
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