 | John Brand, Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 366 páginas
...into a bonnet. Every one, blindfold, draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled to tho last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted...year productive of the sustenance of man and beast. "Ihere is little doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having been once offered in this country as well... | |
 | John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt, Henry Ellis - 1905 - 360 páginas
...bl.irk. They put all the bits of the cake into a bonnet. Every one, blindfold, draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever drnws the black bit is the devoted person, who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1906 - 1052 páginas
...blindfold, draws out a portion. He who holcthe bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever dra\vthe black bit is the devoted person, who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to impkm in rendering the year productive of the sustenance * ; man and beast. There is little doubt of... | |
 | Lewis Spence - 1921 - 394 páginas
...— he who holds the bonnet is entitled to the last. Who draws the black bit is the devoted person to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore in rendering the year productive of substance for man and beast. There is little doubt of these human sacrifices being once offered in... | |
 | Ann Lindsay Mitchell - 1994 - 172 páginas
...charcoal until it be perfectly black. They put all the bits of the cake into a bonnet. Whoever draws out the black bit is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to the God, whose favour they implore in rendering the year productive of sustenance for man and beast.... | |
 | Marjorie Perloff - 1996 - 316 páginas
...cake are drawn out of a bowl, one of the pieces having been dipped in charcoal, the decree being that "Whoever draws the black bit, is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal" (PO 150). The same practice might be used by children to pick the leader of a team or to choose who... | |
 | Marjorie Perloff - 1996 - 316 páginas
...cake are drawn out of a bowl, one of the pieces having been dipped in charcoal, the decree being that "Whoever draws the black bit, is the devoted person who is to be saerificed to Baal" (PO i50). The same practice might be used by children to pick the leader of a team... | |
 | 1881 - 778 páginas
...the bits of cake into a bonnet, and every one, blindfolded, draws out a portion. The bonnet-holder is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black...devoted person, who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favor they mean to implore in rendering the year productive. The devoted person is compelled to leap... | |
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Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore in rendering the year productive of the sustenance of man and beast. 
