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Seeing

Seeing that they were all asleep, he felt a strong desire to explore the whole place; but as he was squeezing in he struck his head against the bell hanging in the entrance

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Seeing is better than telling. (Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX), The Danish History, > Book Two)

Seeing that they were all asleep, he felt a strong desire to explore the whole place; but as he was squeezing in he struck his head against the bell hanging in the entrance (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter VIII: Welsh Cave Legends)

Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX)

  • relationship: Seeing the said youths beset with sundry prodigies while busy watching at night over their flocks. (The Danish History, > Book Two)

    "Seeing the said youths beset with sundry prodigies while busy watching at night over their flocks, she forbade her sisters, who desired to dismount, in a poem of the following strain:"

  • attestation: Seeing is better than telling. (The Danish History, > Book Two)

    "Seeing is better than telling, eyesight faithfuller than hearing."

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

  • attestation: Seeing that they were all asleep, he felt a strong desire to explore the whole place; but as he was squeezing in he struck his head against the bell hanging in the entrance (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter VIII: Welsh Cave Legends)

    "Seeing that they were all asleep, he felt a strong desire to explore the whole place; but as he was squeezing in he struck his head against the bell hanging in the entrance."