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  • Many of the foundlings are placed in the wheel [127], full of disease, fever, or more often a dreadful species of itch called sarna, and which is often fatal to them.

    Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 Maria Graham

  • "Pardon me, friend," said Don Quixote; "but, as there is such a difference between sarna and Sarra, I told you of it; however, you have answered very rightly, for sarna lives longer than Sarra: so continue your story, and I will not object any more to anything."

    Don Quixote 2002

  • "The sarna lives long enough," answered Pedro; "and if, senor, you must go finding fault with words at every step, we shall not make an end of it this twelvemonth."

    Don Quixote 2002

  • All bathe, then the men repair to the sacred grove (sarna), while the women assemble at the house of the village priest.

    The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 1922

  • All bathe, then the men repair to the sacred grove (sarna), while the women assemble at the house of the village priest.

    Chapter 12. The Sacred Marriage. § 2. The Marriage of the Gods 1922

  • All bathe, then the men repair to the sacred grove (_sarna_), while the women assemble at the house of the village priest.

    The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897

  • The villagers then accompany the Pahan or Baiga, the village priest, to the _sarna_ or sacred grove, a remnant of the old _sal_ forest in which is located Sarna Burhi or 'The old women of the grove.'

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

  • Chola Pacho or the lady of the grove lives in the _sarna_ or sacred grove, which has been left standing when the forest was cleared.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

  • "Pardon me, friend," said Don Quixote; "but, as there is such a difference between sarna and Sarra, I told you of it; however, you have answered very rightly, for sarna lives longer than Sarra: so continue your story, and I will not object any more to anything."

    Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581

  • "The sarna lives long enough," answered Pedro; "and if, senor, you must go finding fault with words at every step, we shall not make an end of it this twelvemonth."

    Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581

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