The Obedience of A Christian Man (1528)
“According to the ritual of the Romish church, the bells were not only blessed and exorcised, but baptized as those above mentioned, and anointed with holy oil. After these ceremonies had passed it was believed that the evil spirits lurking in the air might be driven away by their sound.”
pg. 292
The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England (1801), Bell ringing
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British engraver, artist, antiquary and writer 1749–1802Related quotes
Quoted from Arun Shourie (2014) Eminent Historians: Their Technology, Their Line, Their Fraud. HarperCollins.
Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“The bell jar hung, suspended, a few feet above my head. I was open to the circulating air.”
Source: The Bell Jar (1963), Ch. 18