Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907 · New York : H. Holt and Company · leaf 237
cognised by a former acquaint-ance, who, still retaining some portion of human benevo-lence, warned her that, if she tasted anything whatsoeverfor a certain space of time, she would be doomed to remainin that underworld for ever. The woman having takenthis counsel, was ultimately restored to the… … Fig. 8.—Seth Offering a Branch to Adam. seemed so tempting she now discovered to consist only ofthe refuse of the earth. ^ 1 Dr. James Brownes * History of the Highlands, ed. 1855, i. 108. ADAM AND SETH. 223 The difficulty of tracing the ethnical origin of suchlegends as these is much greater than…
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