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... must have suffered severely during the sharp conflict on the bridge; but no estimate of their loss is to be met with, in any native or foreign writer. [9] It was observed that the 29th of December, on which this battle was won, came on Friday, the same ominous day of the week, which had so often proved auspicious to the Spaniards under ...

— The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic, V3 • William H. Prescott

... The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Then she runneth and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, ...

— The Book of Common Prayer - and The Scottish Liturgy • Church of England

... sword-god Tyr is, of course, the Greek war-god Ares, whom he so closely resembles that his name was given to the day of the week held sacred to Ares, which is even now known as Tuesday or Tiu's day. Like Ares, Tyr was noisy and courageous; he delighted in the din of battle, and was fearless at all times. He alone dared to brave the Fenris wolf; and the Southern proverb concerning Scylla and Charybdis has its counterpart ...

— Myths of the Norsemen - From the Eddas and Sagas • H. A. Guerber

... and dinner menus for each day of the week, recipes tested in the Institute's Kitchens and ...

— What's in the New York Evening Journal - America's Greatest Evening Newspaper • New York Evening Journal

... the first to droop. Saturday was always the busiest day of the week; it was the day of preparation for the Sabbath; for even separate and lonely as they were, this family sacredly regarded the Sabbath as a day of rest from worldly care and labor. It was Saturday, ...

— Lizzy Glenn - or, The Trials of a Seamstress • T. S. Arthur

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