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As he refused the breast, Satan, in human form, advised suckling him with the blood of two black kids, a black buck-goat and a black snake; which had the desired effect.
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Two yearling lambs were also offered as a peace-offering, and a buck-goat for sin, together with a holocaust of seven lambs without blemish, one calf, and two rams
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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The servant declares that it is "hairy, rough, ugly, and a buck-goat of the night."
Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot Wilkie Collins 1856
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As he refused the breast, Satan, in human form, advised suckling him with the blood of two black kids, a black buck-goat and a black snake; which had the desired effect.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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In the course of their search the party shot a buck-goat and a hare.
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To those who shall say thus it must be forgiven, since it is not credible that they are moved by other than just cause, for that the friars are a good sort of folk, who eschew unease for the love of God and who grind with a full head of water and tell no tales, and but that they all savour somewhat of the buck-goat, their commerce would be far more agreeable.
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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