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A History of the County of Huntingdon
… in Huntingdon gaol for conscience' sake. 51 The medival superstition about witches lingered long in Huntingdon. In …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… people at Chesham, who had spoken against idolatry and superstition, was an obligatory pilgrimage to the cross. 9 …
Old and New London
… weighing fifteen hundredweight. With all the vices that superstition and laziness could engender, there can never be …
A History of the County of Warwick
… parish. St. Michael's was stripped of all indications of 'superstition', inscriptions were painted out, the brass eagle …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Christian devotion there lay a substratum of pre-Christian superstition which lingered on in a community that still … which was among the most superstitious in the country. Superstition, however, was not confined to ignorant and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… a horse: Turville-Petre, Myth and Religion, 47, 56, 226. A superstition against white horses is recorded in Cov. as late …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… They insisted also, that all the ordinances against superstition and idolatry and defacing of images, may have a …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… from the true religion established among us, to the Romish superstition; and particularly in his Appeal, hath inserted …