10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPODOMANTIC»
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spodomantic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
spodomantic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
... goose as I am;" and the poor little fellow buried his hands in his curls, and
stared fiercely into the fire, as if to draw from thence omens of his love, by the
spodomantic augury of the ancient Greeks ; while Sabina tripped up and down
the room, ...
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The Pastoral Vision of Cormac McCarthy
Legwater sifts through Rattner's ashes with “a fevered look in his eye like some
wild spodomantic sage divining in driven haste the fate of whole galaxies against
their imminent ruin” (240). Even the closing image of The Orchard Keeper is ...
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Two Years Ago: Easyread Comfort Edition
... thence omens of his love, by the spodomantic augury of the ancient Greeks;
while Sabina tripped up and down the room, putting things to rights for the night,
and enjoying 217.
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The Fortune-Telling Book: The Encyclopedia of Divination and ...
Charles Kingsley, in Two Years Ago (1857), said: “[He] stared fiercely into the fire,
as if to draw from thence omens of his love, by the spodomantic augury of the
ancient Greeks.” Sources: Grand Orient (A. E. Waite). The Complete Manual of ...
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Delphi Complete Works of Charles Kingsley (Illustrated):
... his curls,and stared fiercely intothefire, as if todraw from thence omensofhis
love, by the spodomantic augury of the ancient Greeks; while Sabina tripped up
and downthe room, putting things to rights for thenight, and enjoyinghis
tormentsasa ...
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A Supplementary English Glossary
SPODOMANTIC, divining by ashes. The poor little fellow buried his hands in his
curls, and stared fiercely into the fire, as if to draw from thence omens of his love
by the spoJomantic augury of the ancient Greeks. — Kinysley, Tico Years Ayo, ...
Thomas Lewis Owen Davies, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps,
1881
In a few minutes the humane oflicer leaped from the pit and began shoveling the
new ashes onto the screen, then shaking it back and forth to sift them through, a
fevered look in his eye like some wild spodomantic sage divining in driven haste
...
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The Works of Charles Kingsley ...: Two years ago, v.I and II
... and the poor little fellow buried his hands, in his curls, and stared fiercely into
the fire, as if to draw from thence omens of his love, by the spodomantic augury of
the ancient Greeks ; while Sabina tripped up and down the room, putting things ...
Charles Kingsley, Maurice Kingsley,
1899
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The Novels and Poems of Charles Kingsley: Two years ago
... and the poor little fellow buried his hands in his curls, and stared fiercely into
the fire, as if to draw from thence omens of his love, by the spodomantic augury of
the ancient Greeks; while Sabina tripped up and down the room, putting things to
...
Charles Kingsley, Frances Eliza Grenfell Kingsley, Maurice Kingsley,
1899
... Valentia is as great a goose as I am ; ' and the poor little fellow buried his
hands in his curls, and stared fiercely into the fire, as if to draw from thence
omens of his love, by the spodomantic augury of the ancient Greeks ; while
Sabina tripped ...