 | William Fleming - 1838 - 646 páginas
...the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 183334-35." — " The charmer professes to discover, without ocular...fascination of his voice, allures the bird into his snare. As the serpent seeks the darkest place in which to hide himself, the charmer has in most cases... | |
 | 1839 - 868 páginas
...to charm away serpents from houses. A few other persons also profess the same art but are not во famous. The former travel over every part of Egypt,...fowler, by the fascination of his voice, allures the birt into bis net. As the serpent seeks the darkest place in which to hide himself, the charmer has,... | |
 | 1840 - 516 páginas
...interesting of their performances." The most famous snake charmers are durweeshes, or Mohammedan monks. "The charmer professes to discover, without ocular...be, to attract them to him, as the fowler, by the fascinations of his voice, allures the bird into his net." They have been known to do this in broad... | |
 | William Goodhugh, William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 744 páginas
...presence of serpents by the smell, and compares their attractive powers to those of the fowler, who by the fascination of his voice allures the bird into his net. A missionary to India states, that " some incredulous persons after the most minute and careful precaution... | |
 | John Kitto - 1856 - 750 páginas
...presence of serpents by the smell, and compares their attractive powers to those of the fowler, who a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, In the Missionary Magazine for March, 1837, a missionary to India (G. 'Gogerly) states that some incredulous... | |
 | William McClure Thomson - 1858 - 576 páginas
...ocular perception (but perhaps he does so by a peculiar smell), whether there be any serpents in the house, and if there be, to attract them to him, as the fowler, \>y the fascination of his voice, allures the bird into his net. As the serpent seeks the darkest place... | |
 | William McClure Thomson - 1859 - 576 páginas
...made a matter of skepticism. The following account, by Mr. Lane, is a fair statement of this matter : The charmer professes to discover, without ocular...peculiar smell), whether there be any serpents in the house, and if there be, to attract them to him, as the fowler, by the fascination of his voice,... | |
 | William McClure Thomson - 1859 - 570 páginas
...made a matter of skepticism. The following account, by Mr. Lane, is a fair statement of this matter: The charmer professes to discover, without ocular...peculiar smell). whether there be any serpents in the house, and if there be, to attract them to him, as the fowler, by the fascination of his voice,... | |
 | William McClure Thomson - 1859 - 582 páginas
...made a matter of skepticism. The following account, by Mr. Lane, is a fair statement of this matter: The charmer professes to discover, without ocular...peculiar smell), whether there be any serpents in the house, and if there be, to attract them to him, as the fowler, by the fascination of his voice,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1859 - 830 páginas
...their performances. " The most famous snake-charmers," he says, " are durweeshes, or Mohammedan monks. The charmer professes to discover, without ocular...there be to attract them to him, as the fowler, by the fascinations of his voice, allures the bird into the net. They have been known to do this in broad... | |
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As the serpent seeks the darkest place in which to hide himself, the charmer has, in most cases, to exercise his skill in an obscure chamber, where he might easily take... 
