 | William Francklin - Asia - 1790 - 382 pages
...fhould chance to fee any fcorpions during that night, do they fcruple taking hold of them, trufting to the efficacy of this fancied all-powerful charm....quite black in appearance, and very large, and the fling of them, is dangerous, but not mortal: thofe, however, which are found in the more northern parts... | |
 | William Francklin - Asia - 1790 - 372 pages
...fliould chance to fee any fcorpions during that night, do they fcruple taking hold of them, trufting to the efficacy of this fancied all-powerful charm....contentedly to bed, fully perfuaded they could receive ceive no hurt by them. During the fummer feafon, fcorpions appear in great numbers; they are quite... | |
 | English poetry - 1791 - 624 pages
...fliould chance to fee any fcorpions during that night, do they Icruple taking hold of them, t'rufting to the efficacy of this fancied all-powerful. charm,'...frequently- feen the man in whofe family I lived, repeit the above prayer, on being defired by his chifd en to bind the fcorpions ; after which the whole... | |
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... chance to fee any fcorpions during that night, do they fcruple taking hold of them, trufting to the efficacy of this fancied all-powerful charm. I have frequently feen the man in whofe family I lived, repeat the above prayer, on being defired by his... 